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Founder :
Present Leader : COO : Mr. Naresh Chaudhary
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Vision
As
a Social Venture Philanthropist, Smile Foundation promotes
and catalyses universal education among underprivileged children,
create the process to embrace these children into mainstream
in a sustained manner, facilitate them to emerge as productive
assets, and set the foundation for nation building.
Focus
Smile
Foundation reaches out to over 1 lakh children & youth through
various education and healthcare projects across India with
presence in 21 states like Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra,
Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Jammu &
Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu,
Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Goa, Kerala, Assam and
Manipur
Board
of Advisors
1.
Dr. S. V. Gore
2. Mr. Yogesh Jagia
3. Dr. Ira Dash Rajguru
4. Mr. Praveen Gupta
5. Mr. Santanu Mishra
Executive
Committee
1.
Mr. K. K. Varma
2.
Ms. Anupama Puri
3.
Ms. Indrani Roy
4.
Mr. Naresh Chaudhary
5.
Mr. Santanu Mishra
Credibility
Points
This
is a very ambitious and wonderful project which is going to
benefit children and women in the outreach areas. I would
congratulate Smile Foundation for that. Consistent follow-up
and concentration in a particular are necessary in health
programmes which would hopefully make this programme a success."
Ms. Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi
Smile
Foundation children set off an awareness campaign titled ‘Do
not employ them: Empower them’ in New Delhi on March 29,
2008. Read
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Programes
Mission
Education
Smile
Foundation’s educational initiatives include Crèche
[0-3 yrs], Pre-school [3-6 yrs], Non Formal Education [6-14
yrs non-school going], Remedial Education [6-14 yrs school going],
Bridge Course [14-18 yrs drop-outs], Functional Literacy [18-45
yrs women] and Family Life Education for adolescent girls.
SMILE
works with under-privileged children under difficult circumstances
such as child labour, children of poorest of the parents, children
inflicted and affected with HIV/AIDS, street and runaway children,
children with rare disability [Autism, Deaf & Dumb, Blind,
and Spastic etc.], disaster struck children and slum children
etc.. Read
More about ongoing projects under MISSION EDUCATION programme
Smile
Twin e-Learning Projects [STeP]
The
SMILE Twin e-Learning Project is an effort towards creating
a pool of independent youth living with dignity from the underprivileged
section through skill enhancement in tandem with market requirements.
The project aims at preparing urban underprivileged (adolescent
youths) with skills in English Proficiency, Basic Computer Education
and Soft Skills for enhancing their prospects of employment
in fast expanding sectors like retail outlets, hospitality and
BPOs sectors. Read
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Smile
on Wheels
National
Mobile Hospital Programme
Smile on Wheels is a national level mobile hospital programme
from Smile Foundation, catering to the underprivileged children
and women in remote rural areas and urban slums. Vision Behind the Programme : Smile Foundation
launched the programme as part of its endeavour to introduce
healthcare awareness and contemporary healthcare services
seeking behaviour among the rural masses and the underprivileged.
Future
Outlook:
Smile Foundation aims to run a fleet of 30 fully equipped
mobile medical vans under Smile on Wheels programme reaching
out to around 35-40 lakh beneficiaries in coming five years.
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Taking
Healthcare to the Doorsteps of the Urban Poor
Smile Foundation launched the phase – II of its innovative
programme ‘Smile on Wheels’ on 10th of June, 2008
at Constitution Club, Rafi Marg, New Delhi. The launch function
was marked by the flagging off of two ‘Smile on Wheels’
mobile hospitals by Ms Renuka Chowdhury, the Minister for
Women and Child Development, Govt. of India. The two mobile
hospitals would be providing health care services to un-reached
populations in slums and urban villages of Delhi and Chennai
and aim to cover a target population area of more than 4 lakhs.
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Swabhiman
Swabhiman,
an initiative of Smile Foundation, aims to bring pride and
dignity for our girl. Swabhiman, meaning self-respect, is
a programme designed to enable women to realize their full
potential in every sphere, be it home, office or community.
This programme helps in enhancing the skills and information
relevant to make them realize their self-esteem. Again, Swabhiman
is not anti-men, but it encourages women to defend themselves
and escape from violence and advocates men to be a part of
bringing due dignity for our girl child.
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Action
for Children [AFC]
Action
for Children [AFC] an
innovative programme designed to create a world filled with
love and care.
. A programme aimed at sensitizing people about the plight
of underprivileged children.
. A programme aimed at making people `Act’ to make a
difference in the lives of these children.
The
Programme
‘Action for Children’ is a step in the right direction
with the aim to:
- Deploy
strong advocacy instruments for the benefit of children through
the media.
- Sensitize
and encourage individuals and various civil society groups,
trade, industry and professional associations, schools, colleges,
youth clubs, youth wings, corporate employees and others to
undertake innovative fundraising events and activities for
child-focused projects in their local area.
- Initiate the process of making local organisations for children,
self-reliant and reduce their dependence on the government
or other sources of funds.
- Build the capacity of these organisations to ensure their
sustainability in the long run.
- Encourage and support local actions, which raise funds for
child-focused projects, contributing towards realization of
the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and helping in promotion
of child rights. An innovative approach : The
AFC programme is targeted towards creating awareness among
the masses regarding issues concerning children. It seeks
to motivate people to mobilize resources for child-focused
projects through innovative fundraising activities and events.
The icing on the cake is that the net funds raised shall get
doubled through Smile Foundation’s matching grant support. Read
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Special
Interventions
Smile
Foundation, under its Special Interventions, endeavours to address
specific needs and necessities, focusing mainly on children
and youth who are in need of urgent help.
Objectives behind Special
Interventions . For reaching out
to the most deserving children in special circumstances through
relief or advocacy.
. Sensitizing privileged
Children at an early age
. Sensitizing masses
directly on Child Rights
. Children with critical
need on healthcare or education
. Disaster struck Children
- Child
for Child [C4C]
Sensitization programme for privileged children through schools
across India about the plight of the underprivileged.
No.
of Children Directly Reached: 6, 71, 945
No.
of Teachers: 18, 500
No.
of Schools: 566
- Individual
Support Programme [ISP]
Supporting underprivileged children with critical need on
healthcare or education Categories
Education
Excellence
Health Support for Critical Cases
Individual Rehab. Prog.
Role Models
No. of Direct Beneficiaries: 58 [2007-08]
-
You
Can Make A Difference [YCMD]
Sensitizing privileged masses, across age groups, directly
on children issues through various events and workshops
No.
of people reached directly: 30, 000
No.
of workshops & events: 200
- Health
with Smile
Organising need-based health camps across India, covering
preventive, curative and referral health services
No.
of Direct Beneficiaries: 25,000
No.
of Camps: 40
- Disaster
Management Relief
& rehabilitation for children and women during natural
calamities like Tsunami
Earthquake in Kashmir, Mumbai Flood, and Chikungunya
No. of Direct Beneficiaries: 6,000
Special
Programme for Children at Risk in Mumbai Slum Smile Foundation and CORP (Community Outreach Programme)
have taken up the mission of brining smile to children and
women through the education and health care programme in slum
clusters of Thane and Mumbai in Maharashtra.
Desired Impact
- 50%
of the children given NFE (non school going and also school
dropouts) should be mainstreamed to some formal schools in
appropriate class during the year and their retention in school
ensured through follow–ups.
- Children in the age group of 10 - 14 would be persuaded
to study up to middle class level - informal or formal school
- at least 70% of children in age group 10-12. Children in
age-group 13-14 and above may be facilitated to undergo some
skills training once they acquire basic literacy.
- Severely children with malnutrition and anemia; and specifically
girls should be given proper care and brought to the growth
char
Smile Foundation and Community Outreach Programme (CORP) aspire
to give a new direction to these children and set an example
of community welfare in Mumbai slums. Read
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Smile
for street children of Bangalore Bosco’s project Availing
Formal Education to Street Children of Bangalore Metro Programme
take care of 60 street children in Bosco Vikas, a shelter
home. These street children are mainstreamed in formal schools
& they stay at this centre. All necessary facilities,
like uniforms, books, extra curricular activities, meals,
coaching classes are given to the poor children. The project
provides basic necessities& educational needs to street
children (boys) for a period of one year.
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To
reach out to 15, 00,000 beneficiaries over a span of five years
by entering into partnerships with suitable organisations and
hence emerging as a truly National Developmental agency.
Address
Head
Office
V-11, Level - 1, Green Park Extension,
New Delhi - 110 016
Phone: +91-11-41354565, 41354566
Fax: +91-11-41354454
E-mail: info@smilefoundationindia.org
For
CSR Query
Region
North: csr@smilefoundationindia.org
Region
West: csr.west@smilefoundationindia.org
Region
South: csr.south@smilefoundationindia.org
For
Governance and Institutional Query
coo@smilefoundationindia.org
Central
& General Query
info@smilefoundationindia.org
