Yesterday we mentioned that the occasion of Independence Day brought with it new pink bags for all the Balwadi younglings. And today we are presenting to you pictures of these cute little Balwadi children sporting the new shiny pink Mumbai Smiles bag! We believe in a holistic approach towards growth. And that [...]
Our Balwadis celebrated the 70th Independence Day with a lot of excitement in the air. Having started the day with flag hoisting, there were lots of chocolates that were distributed to all the 850 children of 30 Balwadis. Parents enjoyed celebrating this extremely important day with their tiny children and the Balwadi teachers. Also, we [...]
We like smiling. Smiling is very good for health. It is a sign of being calm and relaxed and even at times of stress or anxiety, a smile from even a stranger can lift our moods so much. And so at Mumbai Smiles, we believe in smiling through all odds. And that is exactly what [...]
The HOPE project of our Health Vertical focuses on the psycho-socio support for children having cancer, so as to motivate them to be regular with their treatment as also lead a regular normal life. Many a times, certain types of cancer lead to disfigurement of the related body part, and that de-motivates the patient to [...]
Happy Friendship Day! Mumbai smiles started celebrating Friendship day with the onset of the Emotional gift activity, where in our Livelihood Project beneficiaries made 3200 friendship bands for our donor members from Spain. And yesterday, on the said occasion, we celebrated Friendship Day at our dental camp! Dr. Abhishek Bhattacharya, a generous doctor who graciously [...]
Last week we mentioned on our blog how a training session has begun for the Teachers and Assistants of our Balwadis. The four-day training program was organised for us by another NGO called Pratham aiming at large scale change in the field of education focusing on high quality and low cost education for [...]
Mumbai is known as The City of Dreams. But while some do manage to live their dreams, there are also those who struggle to make two ends meet. This side of this glamourous city is known as the slums. These slums are not just centered at one or two particular locations, but they co-exist with [...]
The month of August began on a very healthy note for our Balwadi beneficiaries. Following our motto of “Cultivating Healthy Habits Through Education”, The Balwadi Project leaders first provided a short training session last week to all the teachers and assistant teachers on the need and importance of Vitamin-A and Albendazole (Anti-Worm Medication) supplements for [...]
The new academic sessions of the Life Skills Empowerment project shall begin this week. These sessions are designed to train the young adults of the select community with the necessary life skills like critical thinking, problem solving techniques, along with empowering them with the know-how of dealing with regular life and its issues. These sessions, [...]
At Mumbai Smiles, we believe in spreading smiles. And our major support comes from our donors and visitors, who support us not just with their generosity but also with their encouraging and kinds words and who also help us with their word-of-mouth publicity post their visits to our projects. With heavy rains early yesterday morning, we [...]
“95% of Hepatitis patients don’t notice infection”, reads a headline on the healthcare section of The Times of India. going deeper into the issue, we can find staggering statistics put together by the World Health Organisation (WHO) which indicates that 52 million people of India are affected with chronic hepatitis. Apart from these chronic cases, [...]
Any educational process has two levels: Outgoing i.e Teachers Incoming i.e Students Hence, we cannot expect a good output from students unless they receive a good quality of education from their teachers. This is where we see the importance of Teachers Training Program. A training where teachers are trained in different methods of imparting education, [...]
