Today is a very interesting and exciting day in the Catalonia part of Spain, where they are celebrating the beautiful festival of Sant Jordi, a version of their Valentine’s Day. The story behind celebrating this day is related to Saint George, who once saved a beautiful Princess from a dragon who had been terrorizing the [...]
Mumbai Smiles Foundation works in tandem with its sister organization in Spain called Sonrisas de Bombay. To support us, Sonrisas de Bombay under its umbrella has a number of voluntary groups. These groups are formed by a number of volunteers and are spread across Spain that organizes events and strikes memberships with people to help [...]
Hispanic Horizons is a Spanish language institute, active in Mumbai and New Delhi. While it conducts classes, both physically and online, it also supports the growth of Spanish language by way of translations, interpretations, voice overs etc. Our relationship with Hispanic Horizons is a long one with two of our team members (one ex and [...]
We at Mumbai Smiles Foundation have been very fortunate to work with a number of volunteers. While many of our volunteers belong to India, we do have some collaborators who join us in our work against poverty and help us as volunteers in various ways. This year, we have had the privilege of working with [...]
December 5th every year is celebrated as International Volunteers Day, and Mumbai Smiles being an organization that welcomes multiple volunteers every year, holds this day of great importance! As part of the Volunteer & Internship Program, we encourage active volunteering among college students and working professionals to get an insight into the workings of all [...]
Last week we shared with you all the news of Mumbai Smiles foundation participating in the AWC Shopping Mela with our products as a fundraising event for our projects. Today we have the results of this successful event! The event saw a number of participants with their stalls of clothes, bags, jewelry, food items, tea, [...]
Recently, we shared with you all the good news of receiving happy first responses from our donors in Spain on receiving our emotional gifts this year. These gifts were handmade by the girls of Life Skills Empowerment project, who have been associated with this project of ours over the past three years (since its inception) [...]
We have some amazing news to share with you all. A couple of months ago, we met two school girls (11th graders) who wanted to volunteer with Mumbai Smiles. During our meet, we explained to them the different requirements that we have on daily basis for our citizens and what really struck a chord with [...]
Mumbai Smiles Foundation is a vibrant space for interaction, engagement, and reflection through social action. We are proud of the positive impact in the local communities, especially in the slum areas of the city, and a bond we have developed with our stakeholders in supporting our cause. But our work could not have been possible [...]
Our sister organisation in Spain, Sonrisas de Bombay, has been very fortunate to be associated with a number of Volunteer Working Groups, situated in different parts of their country, who support Sonrisas and us to move ahead to reach our mission with our vision of seeing poverty-free Mumbai one day. One such group in [...]
Each year, there is a super energetic and enthusiastic event that takes place on the third Sunday of January right at the break of dawn and a sea of people participate in this super event called the Mumbai Marathon! This marathon, being the largest marathon in Asia attracts people not only from Mumbai, but from [...]
Martin Luther King once said, “Life’s most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” At Mumbai Smiles Foundation, each of us truly believes in giving back to the society, especially for the underprivileged in whichever way possible. Some us have were, in fact, first associated with Mumbai Smiles as volunteer for more than [...]
