The Community Health team had recently organised a free eye checkup camp in one of our partner schools. Vyankatesh Vidya Niketan High School is one of our Education partner schools, which is situated inside a slum area and the students of this school belong to one of the most underprivileged sections of Mumbai. During the [...]
The Infectious Diseases team recently organised a special Malaria screening camp in the Sahyadri Nagar area of Bhandup. The total turnout in this camp was 73 people, including 59 female and 14 male citizens. The camp was meant to check these patients specifically for Malaria as the rains this year have stretched to more than [...]
The Life Skills Empowerment project team recently organised a 2-hour Self-Defence training session for all the 50 girls in their school by two experts by the name of Venkatesh and Mercial. They have been in the field of self-defence as trainers for a number of years. In fact, having gained experience in security and intelligence [...]
The LSE or Life Skills Empowerment project for the adolescent girls of underprivileged segments of Mumbai (in our project areas) is one where girls imbibe the different life skills in themselves with the help of an animator (effectively a guide), to lead a better life – one that is healthy and of good quality. One [...]
Our dear friend Montse has been to Mumbai Smiles before with her sister Gurutze who is currently volunteering with us in the accounts & budgets department for some time now. This year, Montse decided to come back to visit Mumbai Smiles and this time she also brought her friend along as well! Natalia and Montse [...]
Last week we had blogged about how a general health camp was organised for the beneficiaries of our Life Skills Empowerment (LSE) project. This week we want to share with you the news of the HB (Haemoglobin in blood) checkup for all the girls of LSE. It is important to get our routine blood tests [...]
The team of Infectious Diseases recently organised a free health camp in one of our project areas in the northern most part of Mumbai called Rajdeep Nagar in Bhandup. The camp was one for general health checkup but also included specific screening for Malaria in the members of the community. With a total of 62 [...]
A dear friend from Madrid, Spain, recently visited Mumbai Smiles for a day of visit and was really moved with what she saw. Guadalupe, a young woman working in a communication agency, visited Mumbai Smiles and our projects on a half day visit. This included two preschool centres, where she observed the preschool students participating [...]
The Community Health project team recently tied up with the Higher Education project team to conduct a free ENT (Ear-Nose-Throat) checkup camp for the students of std. 7th and 8th at one of our partner schools called Sharada School in Saki Naka area (close to our office area of Marol). From among 100 children [...]
It cannot be emphasised enough upon the importance of regular health checkups. Maintaining a good health depends upon our regular habits and lifestyle choices. Eating fruits, green leafy vegetables, dry fruits, milk and other food items, rich in calcium, proteins and other vital nutrients in a balanced manner ensures that our height, weight, blood sugar [...]
A couple of months ago, the Community Health project team, in coordination with the Higher Education team, had conducted a dental checkup camp in one of our partner schools, screening a total of 335 students. These students, studying in 5th-10th std. belong to severely underprivileged sections of Vikroli (north of Mumbai) and hence, many of [...]
As part of the annual activities of the Preschool Education project, the drawing competition is organized with the aim to boost the development of motor skills in the tiny tots. The drawing competition was held across all 29 preschool centres at the same time, in which all our 899 students participated with much excitement and [...]
