It was day filled with glamour and glitter as 15 girls from a Mission Education centre in Mumbai walked the ramp with some prominent names from Bollywood to create awareness about the importance of education of girls. The girls learnt to take on the ramp from the best of the best as celebrities like Isha […]
The 13th edition of Ramp for Champs was held in Mumbai on the 13th of February 2019 in association with Pernia's Pop Up Show. The event was supported by Shriya Kolte, Director of Imagination Inc., which provides space design solutions. The theme of this year's show was 'six yards and more' which observed and celebrated […]
Employees from Vistara spend a fun filled day with the children of Smile Foundation at a Mission Education centre in Gurugram on the 14th of February. An ice breaking session was conducted to make the children open up about their dreams and aspirations. Vistara employees played games with the children and distributed meals to 200 […]
A session on menstrual hygiene and a special health camp was organized for girls from Udaan Rose Homes for orphan girls under the Smile on Wheels mobile hospital programme to sensitize them on adolescent health issues. The discussion on menstrual hygiene included videos and pictorial presentation, explaining concepts of reproductive system, menstrual cycle, and importance […]
A team of 40 Swabhiman scholars was invited to attend the annual Business Conclave at the reputed Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), Delhi University. The scholars participated in panel discussions on the present economic and political challenges in the country with students from different colleges, and were enlightened by a speech on microfinance by […]
Of 243 million adolescents in India, 56 percent are girls living below the poverty line. Anemia among these girls adversely affects their growth, resistance to infections, cognitive development and work productivity. With a holistic approach to the healthcare of adolescent girls, Smile Foundation with the support of PepsiCo Foundation has initiated a nutrition enhancement program […]
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 Delhi city who enroll in school but due to the distance between their schools and their homes they either drop out of school or are […]
A communication specialist from France, Marco, volunteered to take a series of English communication and personality development sessions for STeP trainees in Kolkata. Volunteer Engagement is an important aspect of STeP, under which students from colleges, universities as well as corporate professionals volunteer to add value to the learning process of the youth trainees in […]
A one of a kind Children’s Parliament was conducted on Feb. 24, 2019. It was organized under the aegis of the Child Friendly City inititiative of Don Bosco a Mission Education partner of Smile Foundation. The Children’s Parliament sought to provide a platform to the city’s children to voice their issues and concerns. Issues pertaining […]
International Women’s Day was celebrated by 100 community women and adolescent girls in Gurugram under the Swabhiman programme. The celebration started with a street play performed on importance of a woman in our society, followed by a skit by community women on impact of Swabhiman programme in their lives. Children from the community presented a […]
A parent’s workshop was conducted at a school in Islampur. 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 school […]
Teacher’s Training and Capacity Building Workshop was organized for teachers of Mission Education centers in Mumbai by Smile Foundation. The training was organized after conducting a need assessment survey. It was a step further in ensuring quality education and accessible learning for children from marginalized sections of the society under Mission Education and the workshop […]
Teacher’s Training and Capacity Building Workshop was organized for teachers of Mission Education centres in Mumbai. It was a step further in ensuring quality education and accessible learning for children from marginalized sections of the society. The workshop was aimed at enabling all round development of children, and focused on innovative pedagogical methodologies for the […]
Bollywood singer Tulsi Kumar celebrated her birthday with kids from a Mission education centre in Mumbai. 30 students from the centre were present during the celebrations. The event started with cake cutting and burgers were distributed to children by the singer. It was a fun filled day for the children as well as the singer […]
An alumni meet was organized for former trainees of the Smile Twin e-Learning Programme (STeP) in Kolkata. The students met to discuss ways to inspire more youth from challenging socio-economic backgrounds to join the skill based training programme that had changed their lives. All of these STeP alumni now have a steady source of income, […]
