The joy of giving – an experience to share

While we have spoken about altruism and the joy of giving over the last few Mondays, we would like to share a story about one such experience that we underwent last week.

Mumbai Smiles runs Balwadis in the area of Andheri East and we try our best to ensure that the children are taken care of by addressing malnutrition, basic education, health and hygiene.

A few months ago, Mr. Sinha from Cipla Ltd.– Caring for Life, a pharmaceutical company had visited our Balwadi. He was impressed by the quality of work that he saw in these Balwadis. He called us up a few days ago and told us that he would like to send an NGO from Himachal that works for pre-school education to Mumbai Smiles for the purpose of visiting the Balwadis and for us to build the NGO’s capacity in running a program for children below 6 years of age.

We, at Mumbai Smiles, are always willing to share stories and our learnings for the betterment of the society as a whole. We were delighted to see the opportunity in sharing our experiences and learning about another NGO with a completely different background altogether. The cultural diversity of Himachal and Mumbai encouraged us to have a custom made approach for the capacity building program.

The NGO, called the Himalayan Social Institute, visited the Balwadis and attended a 2 day extensive program that was specially designed for them. In fact, they even got an opportunity to interact with officers at various levels within the organization to understand how the Balwadi operates.

It was indeed a blessing that Cipla Ltd. offered to host the NGO here in Mumbai so that they could visit Mumbai Smiles and learn about the Balwadis.

This is an experience that we wanted to share – where the Joy Of Giving multiplied – with various stakeholders involved. We are glad that Mumbai Smiles could be a part of this Joy.