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 [...]
There are occasions when two different groups of friends visit us on the same day and such was a day sometime back when two separate groups of friends ended up visiting us on the same. While one group was that of Irati, Mar and Susana, all of whom work with management and financial organisations, the [...]
Throughout the year, we get many visitors, mostly donors and well wishers and sometimes people who just heard our name form their fellow travelers and who then decided to visit us and our work out of curiosity. Recently, we were happy to welcome a very young and enthusiastic couple, who, on their trip to India, [...]
Human body is like a complex machine, which uses different forms of energy for different biological functions. Since birth, our body needs different forms of vitamins, minerals and supplements in order to function properly, both mentally and physically. And that is why there are regular supplementation and vaccinations which are prescribed for all infants and [...]
In partnership with ARMMAN’s mMitra project, we at Mumbai Smiles have a dedicated team that handles the Maternal & Child Health (MCH) project, aiming towards healthcare of pregnant and nursing women using the available medical resources, schemes and benefits with our partner organisations as well as government. This includes the regular customised phone calls that [...]
