Vasanti Godkhindi (name changed) had to abandon her studies at an early age of 13 years. As it has been happening for many years in India, her parents married her to the child of their family [...]
Recently, The Bihar government has approved a plan to spend Rs 220 crore for providing sanitary napkins to adolescent school girls. The plan will help in better academic, mental and personal [...]
Our visitors are true givers and contribute so much by spending time with our Balwadi children and other beneficiaries. Three of the many such true givers are Jaume, Alvaro, Ferran, who visited [...]
“To receive everything, one must open one’s hands and give. ” – Taisen Deshimaru. Khushboo Jani, a volunteer at Mumbai Smiles is a perfect example of above statement. She [...]
Here is a story of two people who have given and passed their board exams with a first class, showing an equal determination with which they fought cancer. The results season is over and [...]
‘Centuries ago, battles were fought with swords and shields. Today, these battles are fought with knowledge, intelligence and college degrees’. We are proud to inform that 99% of [...]
Every year, on 31st May, WHO and its partners mark World No Tobacco Day, highlighting the health risks associated with tobacco use and advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco [...]
We often claim about how things are out of control and how things could have been better, and all that. I write this article to bring out how wrong we are when we think like that. Yes, many a [...]
Cultivating healthy habits through education’ is what the Balwadi Project stands for. We at Mumbai Smiles strongly believe in the idea of keeping health in the forefront along with education. A [...]
Knowledge comes when we break out of the confines of silence and greet change. Celebrating womanhood in its truest sense, 28th May 2014 observed the breaking of this silence by marking the first [...]