A mentoring session was organized for the trainees of NIPUN-STeP Center, Kapashera by Ericsson team who visited the center on 13th September 2017. The main objective of this session was to mentor underprivileged youth about the importance of the STeP Centers and employability. All the trainees of the centre were made to form 5 groups […]
School is a distant dream for many and for some it is just the distance which makes it impossible for them to go to school. There are many children in rural Karnataka who enroll in school but due to the distance between their schools and their homes they either drop out of school or are […]
A specialized doctors’ training was held in Mumbai by Smile Foundation for the doctors working under various Smile on Wheels project at the PAN India level on 16th and 17th September 2017. The session started on the 16th September with immense enthusiasm at 9 am during which the doctors first introduced themselves after which the […]
Children from a Mission Education center spent a fun filled day with the employees of DB Schenker at their office in Gurgaon. The children were super excited to interact and participate in the activities that were conducted. The event started with an ice breaking session between the employees and the children which was followed by […]
A meeting of the women and girls of the society was conducted under the Swabhiman programme of Smile Foundation at Sashi Garden. They were instructed about keeping hygiene in and around their surroundings due to the growing cases of dengue and chikungunya. Charts with illustrations were prepared to make it easier for the community to […]
A general health check-up was conducted for the people of Nimabahera, Bhiwadi on the 21st of September. The people living in the village seldom go to the doctor because of the lack of immediate medical facilities. The elderly of the village were much relieved with the facilities provide which included check-up, diagnosis and prescription of […]
A session on the importance of education for the development of the individual and the society was conducted for the students of a school in Karnataka. Students of standard 8th, 9th and 10th standard attended the session. The students also talked about their fear of examinations for which the teachers asked them to prepare beforehand […]
A value education session was conducted for school children under Smile Foundation’s Child for Child (CFC) programme in Vadodara, Gujarat. Over 750 children from class I to XII attended the early morning session which included the value of empathy, care and integrity in life; how to grow up as a successful as well as happy […]
Awareness sessions and sensitizing programmes were conducted for the people of Wazirpur industrial area. People were informed about symptoms and causes of heart attacks, what healthy rules should be followed to avoid diseases of the heart and what actions should be taken immediately if someone suffers from a heart attack. The people from the community […]
It is very important to eat nutritious food in order to keep ourselves healthy. Many a times our food intake does not provide us with the necessary nutrients for the day to day functioning of our body, making us weak and sick. Keeping all these things in mind a health camp was organized for the […]
A parent’s workshop was conducted at a playschool at Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra. The whole idea behind the workshop was to sensitize the parents about inculcating the values of love, compassion, giving etc in the child from a young age. Such sessions for older students are conducted under Smile Foundation’s Child for Child programme to sensitize privileged […]
An awareness session was conducted in Bengaluru on the 9th of October 2017 for sweepers and cleaners. They are the people most prone to communicable and water borne diseases as they have to clean the streets, public restrooms, dustbins etc. They keep our society clean and yet they are the ones who fall sick most […]
Counseling sessions were conducted in the STeP centers of Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Bengaluru, Pune and Hyderabad. A total of 82 career counseling sessions were held. Interaction with youth on personality development, soft skills and their future career were overseen by personnel from various organizations. Sessions were taken up on development of confidence, facing interviews, […]
Actress Pooja Hedge who recently made her Bollywood debut with the movie Mohenjodaro celebrated her birthday on the 13th October 2017 with kids from a Mission Education centre in Mumbai. The kids welcomed her with a cake and wished her a very happy birthday. Celebrations followed with the cutting and distribution of cake and Pooja […]
On 16th October 2017, World Food Day; Smile Foundation along with Quaker Oats came together to create awareness about the importance of nutrition for each and every child through a feeding drive in Mumbai and Delhi. The children were feed delicious and nutritious food on the occasion. #FeedAChild is an initiative of Quaker India to […]
