As part of the Preschool education project, we at Mumbai Smiles tie up with various SHGs or Self-Help groups, which are micro-financing groups formed by men and women of underprivileged communities, towards empowering and encouraging entrepreneurship among the women of these communities. The Self-Help Groups that we partner with are largely run by the women [...]
A Reporter and an IT Consultant by profession, Cristina and Carlos, a fun and adventure loving couple from Spain have been on a world tour for the last one year and before concluding this year long vacation, they made India their last stop. After covering the north, they came to the southern part of India, [...]
Bibian, a yoga teacher and Carmen, an auxiliary education teacher by profession, are both from Barcelona in Spain. On their recent trip to Mumbai, they decided to visit us and our projects and spend some time with the Mumbai Smiles family. On their one day visit to our projects, Bibian and Carmen interacted with the [...]
In continuation with the Fire Safety training, First Aid training was recently conducted for all our 27 teachers and their 27 assistants. In collaboration with another organization called Faith, the first aid training was conducted by Sujeet Sathe and Nilesh Gadre, both of whom have almost decade of experience in the field of safety & [...]
Pregnancy is considered to be the most beautiful and magical time in any woman’s life, when she starts creating another human inside her. But this is the time that the woman needs to take most care of herself, which includes consumption of apt diet, vitamins & minerals, [...]
Lucia Galant Martinez is a very dear friend and a collaborator of Mumbai Smiles as well as Sonrisas de Bombay, who often, selflessly helps us with different activities such as Emotional Gifts, Content Development etc. She has been associated with us for more than 6 months now and has become an integral part of our [...]
The LSE or Life Skills Empowerment program focus not only on training of the 50 girls in skills that we need to live an empowered life in the society but also on the nutrition of these girls, since most of them neglect their health. The reason for this neglect is often rooted in the psyche [...]
It takes months and years to build anything; it takes second for an accident to bring it down. Accidents can happen anywhere anytime and we must be prepared for it with as much knowledge of the know-how to deal with the situation. When it comes to slum communities, all the structures are created so close [...]
Our third free medical camp by the Infectious Diseases project was in our project area called Suryanagar. Screening a total of 159 citizens of the area, the camp was focused more on Dengue and Malaria as these are the diseases which are most rampant during the monsoons, especially in such underdeveloped areas where hygiene and [...]
Thirteen years ago when Mumbai Smiles was created by Spanish Journalist and Writer Jaume Sanllorente (first as Sonrisas de Bombay), the dream was to see a socially equal and poverty-free Mumbai. Today, we have achieved many milestones in seven different areas of Mumbai, but taking a step further, today we have entered a new project [...]
22 year old Valishali is originally from the city of Nashik, Maharashtra. She migrated with her family to Mumbai in search of better livelihood opportunities. Together, they are a family of five which includes herself, her husband, her child, and her in-laws. While Valishali wanted to study, she was held back because of her poor [...]
The Preschool Education program at Mumbai Smiles, as you all are aware, is one that focuses not only on the Education, but also Health, Hygiene and Nutrition aspect of the growth and development of the children. While regular sessions and activities do take care of a multitude of health requirements of these students, it is [...]
