India’s 2020 COVID-19 lockdown was one of the strictest in the world, leaving millions of people surviving in the informal economy left to fend for themselves. The added consequences of the [...]
A few days ago we announced the rescue of two girls who were being sexually exploited. This is the story of this rescue. In the beginning of May we received news about two girls who were being [...]
The Solidarity Auction for Ukraine has ended, but not our commitment to the situation of displaced people and those vulnerable to being trafficked in this war. We want to thank all the people and [...]
We like explaining why the preschools of Mumbai Smiles have great value. On the one hand, they have it because for many boys and girls they are a safe space, which protects them from child labor, [...]
Meena was born in Murshidabad (Kolkata). Her parents and her five brothers and sisters lived in dire financial straits. Her mother was always sick, and neither she nor her siblings could go to [...]
As we have recently told you, our projects can now be revisited , and thus can know about the reality of the communities where we conduct these projects, with whom we work to build a fairer [...]
As you know, India is experiencing an intense heat wave, which is pushing the second most populous country in the world to the limit. During April and March, India reached the highest average [...]
At Mumbai Smiles we make a great effort to explain what the communities are where we conduct our projects. In explaining their context, their vital challenges, the violations of rights to which [...]
On April 23, after two years without being able to celebrate the Day as we like to do it, Mumbai Smiles returned to the streets to offer you the fabric roses made by women survivors of human [...]
Rumita, name changed to protect her identity, is 16 years old, in grade 10, from a small town called Ramchandrakhali, about three hours from Kolkata. Today, she is an active, confident and [...]
