About NGO:

Smile Foundation is a national development agency working for holistic development of children and youths in the areas of education, health, girl child empowerment and livelihood. Smile Foundation is helping these children and youths to discover alternatives leading to their socio-economic independence and better health. Registered as Indian Charitable Trust in year 2002, the Foundation reaches directly to more than three hundred thousand children and youths through various projects.

About 145 welfare projects are operational across 21 states of India through our four key verticals:

• Mission Education - focuses on basic education and health of underprivileged children (currently 74 projects )
• Step (Smile twin e-learning program )- focuses on livelihood training for unemployed youth( currently 50 centers )
• Smile on Wheels - mobile healthcare services in urban slums and rural outreach (11 mobile hospitals)
• Swabhiman - an advocacy program on women empowerment

Fund Usage:

The donation will be utilized towards Mission Education Programme.

The proposed support will ensure education of underprivileged children from backward urban locations in the identified locations through Mission Education centres. The programme aims at relevant education imparted to bring changes not only in the amount of knowledge gained but also in the abilities to do so, to think and to acquire habits, skills and attitude which characterize an individual who is socially accepted and adjusted.

Impact:

Pooja, who is in grade 5, was very weak in English & Mathematics and she used to get very poor marks in these two subjects. . She was with very poor confidence as her classmates used to tease her for her poor achievements in school. Due to this she was very irregular in school and not interested in studies. Referred by her school teacher, she was enrolled in the remedial centre. Since she was weak in Mathematics and English, the remedial educators took special attention to these subjects. The innovative and interesting methods of teaching in the centre generated interest in her studies. Her confidence level also increased when her small achievements were appreciated by the teacher. Now she can accurately recite tables up to 15 and very clear about the basic concepts in Mathematics. She asks questions and completes all her home work regularly. She has done very well in the last class test. Her overall confidence has developed and she would like to become a teacher once she grows up.

Page Url :
http://www.unitedwaymumbai.org/ngo142_smile.htm

Founded Year: 2002

Cause category: Children