A new Swabhiman project started it activities in the Damunagar area in Kandivali East, Mumbai. The people living in the area are uneducated, underserved and mostly work as daily wage laborers. Women have less or no privileges in this area and seldom take care of their well being. Through this project the Swabhiman team of […]
A health camp was organized on 18th July 2018 for the residents of Damru Nagar which provided medical consultation to 110 beneficiaries that included children (0 to 9 years), adolescents (10-19 years), and men and women (both 20 years and above). The health camp aimed at promoting awareness about illness, identifying community members with health […]
Exposure Visits were conducted for students of STeP centers of Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Pune. A total of 25 exposure visits were held. The programme aims to provide an exposure to the students with learning opportunities on latest trends and practices at the workplace like the nature of job, salary structure and duty […]
Set every August for the first seven days of the month, World Breastfeeding Week aims to highlight the huge benefits that breastfeeding can bring to the health and welfare of babies, as well as a wider push for maternal health, focusing on good nutrition, poverty reduction and food security. Keeping this in mind World Breast […]
Counseling sessions were conducted in centers of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Bengaluru, Pune and Hyderabad. A total of 81 career counseling sessions were held. Interaction with youth on personality development, soft skills and their future career was done by personnel from various organizations. Sessions were taken up on development of confidence, facing interviews, decision […]
A special health camp was conducted for the children of urban slums in Delhi. These children usually do not get proper healthcare facilities as their parents work as daily wage laborers and seldom have the time to care for the children. A regular health check-up was conducted for the children and the children were sensitized […]
Actress Ms. Soundarya Sharma spends a fun filled day with Smile Foundation children at one of the Mission Education centers in Mumbai on 16th August 2018. She spent quality time with the kids. The actress was moved by the love and gratitude shown by the children at the center. A fun activity was in store […]
A team of employees from Blackrock visited Mission Education center at Gurugram on the 27th of June 2018. The volunteers had a gala time painting alphabets, animals, birds etc. on the walls of the classrooms. These types of drawings enhance the learning abilities of the children and also make them fast learners. It also increases […]
Exposure Visits were conducted for students of STeP centers of Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Pune. A total of 17 exposure visits were held. The programme aims to provide an exposure to the students with learning opportunities on latest trends and practices at the workplace like the nature of job, salary structure and duty […]
Popular Bollywood actress Daisy Shah recently celebrated her birthday with Smile Foundation kids at a Mission Education center in Mumbai. She spent some quality time with children, and played with the children and cut a cake with them. Talking about the event the actress said, “"It was such a wonderful time with the Smile Foundation […]
Oral hygiene is an important part aspect of our overall health and taking good care of our teeth keeps us away from various diseases. It is especially important to teach children to take proper care of their oral hygiene and also conduct regular check up of their oral hygiene. Keeping in mind the same a […]
Employees from Open Text spend a day with the children of a Mission Education centre in Hyderabad talking about the need for hygiene and maintaining good health for regular attendance. The children prepared various charts on how to maintain personal hygiene, keep the environment clean by proper disposal of waste; spreading awareness about the harmful […]
A Teacher’s Training workshop was conducted for a group of teachers from various Mission Education centers for 3 days in New Delhi. These teachers teach children from families who reside in the urban slums and the parents are mostly engaged in daily wage labor. Due to the financial conditions at home these children mostly end […]
A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind and touches a heart. Teacher’s Day is celebrated on the 5th of September to show love and gratitude towards our teachers who held our hands and taught us everything, from school teachers to college professors to our tutors or trainers in fields other than academics and parents. […]
It is important for teachers to always be innovative to inspire and motivate students to work hard in the classroom and after school as well. Special training for innovative teaching practices is one way to achieve the same. A Teacher’s Training workshop was conducted for a group of 21 teachers for 3 days in West […]
