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ISR
INDIVIDUAL SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Name

: Saba Kausar Khan

Admission NO. : HPDG/JL15/4944

Social Cause

: Various Social Activities For Poor & Needy People in

the Society

NGO

: Smile Foundation

PRIN. L. N. WELINGKAR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT

DEVELOPMENT & RESEARCH

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INDEX
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PARTICULARS
Introduction
About Smile Foundation
Programs
Mission Education
Present Coverage
Working Model
Recent Initiatives Workshops/Events
Challenges
Corporate Partnerships(CSR)
Vision
Mission

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Introduction
ISR (Individual Social Responsibility)

Social responsibility is an ethical framework and suggests that an entity, be it an

organization or individual, has an obligation to act for the benefit of society at
large. Social responsibility is a duty every individual has to perform so as to
maintain a balance between the economy and the ecosystems.
Being Socially Responsible means that people and organizations must behave
ethically and with sensitivity toward social, cultural, economic and
environmental issues. Striving for social responsibility helps individuals,
organizations and governments have a positive impact on development,
business and society with a positive contribution to bottom-line results

How Does an Individual Become Socially Responsible?

The Workshop for Civic Initiatives Foundation (WCIF), Bulgaria, describes
ISR in its position statement on Social Responsibility as,
The individual social responsibility includes the engagement of each person
towards the community where he lives, which can be expressed as an interest
towards whats happening in the community, as well as in the active
participation in the solving of some of the local problems. Under community we
understand the village, the small town or the residential complex in the big city,
where lives every one of us. Each community lives its own life that undergoes a
process of development all the time. And every one of us could take part in that
development in different ways, for example by taking part in cleaning of the
street on which he lives, by taking part in organization of an event, connected
with the history of the town or the village or by rendering social services to
children without parents or elderly people.

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Social Responsibility can be negative, in that it is a responsibility to refrain

from acting (resistance stance) or it can be positive, meaning there is a
responsibility to act (proactive stance). Being socially responsible not only
requires participating in socially responsible activities like recycling,
volunteering and mentoring, but to actually make it a lifestyle. Only through a
commitment to embrace and embed social responsibility into your personal
value and belief system can you truly become socially responsible in all you do.

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About Smile Foundation

Smile Foundation is a non-profit organization based in New Delhi, India. Head

office in New Delhi .It was established in 2002 and has a presence in 25 Indian
states.
The organization works for the welfare of children, their families, and the
community through four major programmers, Health care, Livelihood, Girl
child Education, Women Empowerment, Action for children, special support
program.

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Smile Foundation believes that education is both the means as well as the end to
a better life: the means because it empowers an individual to earn his/her
livelihood and the end because it increases one's awareness on a range of issues
- from health care to appropriate social behavior to understanding one's rights and in the process help him/her evolve as a better citizen. Education is the most
effective tool which helps children build a strong foundation; enabling them to
free themselves from the vicious cycle of ignorance, poverty and disease.
Smile Foundation realized that Education for Children cannot be achieved
without the family, particularly, unless the mother is assured of health care and
empowered. Moreover, when an elder sibling is educated and relevantly skilled
to be employable and begins earning, the journey of empowerment continues
beyond the present generation.
Smile Foundation extended its thematic areas of intervention by supporting
family health, livelihood, and women empowerment. Children, their families
and the community become the target group for Smile Foundation's activities as
child education cannot be done in isolation and nothing else but education for
children can bring long lasting change in the society.

Sustainability, social equality and the environment are now business

problems. And corporate leaders can't depend on governments to solve
them..

- Peter Senge, Founder, Society for Organizational Learning

Inspired by Senge's philosophy, a group of young corporate professionals set up

Smile Foundation to work with grassroots initiatives for effecting positive
changes in the lives of underprivileged children, their families and communities.

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Believes of Smile Foundation

Smile foundation Smile Foundation believes that unless members of the civil
society are involved proactively in the process of development, sustainable
change will not happen. Believing in this principle of 'Civic Driven Change',
Smile Foundation sensitize the civil society in order to make them partners in its
mission.

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Programs
Children are the future of a nation. For an emerging country like India,
development of underprivileged children holds the key to the progress of the
nation itself, and their education is the cornerstone of this progress. But
education for children cannot be achieved without ensuring the welfare of the
family a child can go to school regularly only when the family, particularly
the mother is healthy and empowered; the family has decent livelihood
opportunities and a steady income.
Realizing this, Smile Foundation, beginning in the corridors of education, has
adopted a lifecycle approach with intensive program focused on family health,
livelihood and women empowerment, which address the needs of children, their
families and the larger community.
Addressing the areas of education of children, healthcare to the poor, livelihood
for the youth and empowerment for women, Smile Foundation has evolved as
an Education NGO, Livelihood NGO, Medical NGO, as well as NGO for
Women Empowerment.
The Following are some different sectors in which Smile Foundation is
working.
Education
Education is a national level program of Smile Foundation, which is committed
to providing basic education and healthcare to underprivileged children. Smile
Foundation believes that whether you are addressing healthcare, poverty,
population control, unemployment or human rights, there's no better place to
start than in the corridors of education.
Education is both the means as well as the end to a better life; means, because it
empowers an individual to earn his/her livelihood and the end because it
increases one's awareness on a range of issues from healthcare to appropriate
social behavior to understanding one's rights, and in the process evolve as a
better citizen.
Smile Foundations educational initiatives include Pre-school [3-6 years], Non
Formal Education [6-14 years non-school going], Remedial Education [6-14

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years school going] and Bridge Course [14-18 years drop-outs]. It works for
education for needy children who are under difficult circumstances, such as
child labor, children of poorest of the parents, children inflicted and affected
with HIV/AIDS, street and runaway children, children with rare disabilities,
disaster struck children and slum children. Special emphasis is given on girl
education and women education, so that they and their families get empowered.
Since its inception in 2002, more than 200,000 children have directly befitted
from the Mission Education program.

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Girl Child and Women Empowerment

A)Swabhiman
B) Parivartan
Swabhiman
Various studies, as well as our experience, have shown that when we help
women and empower them, the whole society benefits. Their families are
healthier, children go to school, income levels improve and communities
become more prosperous. But unfortunately in India, far from being empowered,
most women are denied even their basic rights like health, education,
employment and a respectable status in society.
According to UNDP Human Development Report (2009), 88% of pregnant
women (age 15-49) were found to be suffering from anemia. India has a
dangerously imbalanced sex ratio, the chief reason being female infanticides
and sex-selective abortions. According to UNICEFs State of the Worlds
Children-2009 report, 47% of India's women aged 2024 were married before
the legal age of 18.
Swabhiman, meaning self-respect in English, was initiated in 2005 to address
these challenges through a simple yet effective approach. Functioning as an
NGO for women, Smile Foundation has strategically formulated the program
me to save the girl child, empower poor and support women empowerment. The
program me is specifically aimed at realization of both individual and collective
self-esteem and inner strength for marginalize and socially excluded women and
adolescent girls through innovative community practices.
A tailor-made strategy called the 4 S Model has been developed under
Swabhiman. The 4 S Model is an acronym for four novel approaches, namely
Seeking Healthcare as a Behavior, Support for Education, Supporters in Men
through Male Involvement, and Sustaining the Change in Communities.
The program identifies adolescent girls and women from the community and
develops them into Change Agents, who in turn actively contribute to the
community mobilization process.

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So far, Swabhiman has successfully made a difference to the lives of over

150,000 women and girl children.

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Parivartan
Women in India have always faced discrimination in many spheres of
their lives, health being one of the prominent one. Smile Foundation in
support health and menstrual hygiene through training and other
information, education and communication (IEC) tools. The program
had been implemented in 4 districts of Rajasthan, in collaboration with
the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).

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Livelihood
The youth comprises over one-third of the Indian population which in turn
constitutes a major part of the labour force of the country. But according to the
reports of the Financial Express Only 15%of the young graduates passing out
of colleges are employable; the rest are branded unemployable.
It is not their lack of theoretical knowledge that causes this. Instead, it is the
lack of right skills and attitude. There is thus, an increasing concern among the
leading employers of the country, about the dearth of ready-to-deliver
employees. In addition, the macro perspective affirms that, it is crucial for such
young energy to be channelized correctly in economic growth and nation
building to elude their addition to family woes, social stress and national misery.
Smile Twin E- learning Program (STEP) is such an initiative of Smile
Foundation that aims at creating a pool of young and independent people, from
the marginalized section, through skill enhancement in tandem with market
requirements. It is an effort towards bridging the gap between demand and
supply of skilled manpower in the fast emerging services and retail sectors of
modern India.
This national level program trains the urban underprivileged adolescent youth in
English Proficiency, Basic Computer Education and Soft Skills for enhancing
their prospects of employment in the fast expanding retail, hospitality and BPO
sectors.
So far, more than 22,600 youth have been trained and 14,500 have been placed
in over 150 brands through 91 operational projects across India.

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HealthCare
Smile on Wheels
Smile Health Camps
Smile On Wheels
He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything.
Arabic proverb
India has made rapid strides in the health sector since independence. However,
various eye opening data from NFHS clearly indicate that access to healthcare
still remains a challenge.
While the health statistics of rural India continue to be poor, the health status
and access to health for the poor in urban slum dwellers has surfaced to be
equally deplorable. Despite accounting for 1/4th of the countrys poor
population, urban areas have less than 4% of government primary health care
facilities.
Urban slum dwellers suffer from adverse health conditions owing to mainly two
reasons first the lack of education and thus lack of awareness; and second the
unwillingness to lose a days wage in order to reach the nearest medical facility.
Health for underprivileged, which is a desperate need, thus remains unaddressed.
As a result, cases of poor women health, malnourishment in children and deaths
from preventable diseases from such areas are always high.
The neglect in even the simplest preventive medical treatment usually leads to a
more serious ailment and eventually into deaths. The need of the hour is thus a
two pronged approach first to bring quality health care services to doorsteps
of the needy and second to promote healthcare awareness and contemporary
health care seeking behavior among the underprivileged.
In such a scenario a mobile health care services delivery system is the most
practical mechanism. And in subscription to this view, Smile Foundation has
initiated the Smile on Wheels program. This is a unique mobile hospital
program that seeks to address problems of mobility, accessibility and
availability of primary health care with a special focus on children and women,

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in urban slums and remote rural areas.

The Smile on Wheels program has so far provided healthcare services to more
than 10 lakh children and families.

Smile Foundation is providing special Wheel bus for slum.

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Smile Health Camps

Even after decades of freedom, India is struggling to provide basic health
services to its people. According to government sources, in India 45 children die
every hour due to respiratory infections. 1 child dies every 2 minutes due to
diarrhoea. And annually, about 2 million children under 5 years of age die due
to preventable diseases.
The situation calls for timely care and diagnosis which can reduce the incidence
of morbidity and mortality especially among children and women.
Smile Health Camps is one such special initiative of Smile Foundation to
provide healthcare services to meet the immediate health care needs of the
marginalized community in remote rural areas and slums through standalone
camps. Customized health camps are organized extensively across the country
offering comprehensive health services curative, preventive, promotive and
referral, to a large number of people in selected intervention areas.
Multi-disciplinary projects include gynaecological, paediatric, ophthalmology
and surgical services etc., whereas other interventions can be general in nature.
Duration of Smile Health Camps vary between one day and 15 days with
frequencies ranging between a month and a year.
The uniqueness of the model lies in its comprehensive approach where health
promotion and prevention are given equal importance while curative care is
administered.
Many organizations and institutions like Canara Bank, Crompton Greaves, Jain
Conference, Blackrock, Surf Excel, Rotary Club of Delhi South, Hindalco
Industries Ltd., Lafarge India Pvt. Ltd., AIIMS & Red Cross Society,
Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology Delhi, Lifeline Hospital, St. Martha
Hospital, Vinayak Hospital, Fullerton and Ajay Memorial Foundation have
associated with Smile Foundation to conduct Smile Health Camps successfully.

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Special Support Programs

Smile Foundation constantly strives to support and empower individuals,
particularly underprivileged children enabling them to meet basic ambitions of
their life and realize their potential, make informed choices, resist oppression,
fight for rightful existence and facilitate new possibilities and opportunities for
them.
The Foundation takes up individual cases based on their immediate needs.
These individuals are then given educational support, in individual capacity,
who are at risk of discontinuing their studies due to impoverished circumstances
and have exhibited outstanding academic record. Individuals suffering from any
critical diseases are provided support for their health; specific cases are also
taken for rehabilitation wherein they are given educational support, vocational
training, entrepreneurship training, counseling and provision for aids and
appliances.
Support for education and health is also provided to recognize those children
who have performed outstanding deeds of bravery and selfless sacrifices
including bravery award winners. There are over 4,200 individual children who
have been supported through this program.

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Disaster Response
Being a disaster-prone country, India is highly vulnerable to various types of
natural calamities due to its geographical positioning. According to the National
Disaster Management Authority, Govt. of India, more than 58.6% of the
countrys landmass is prone to earthquakes and over 12% is prone to floods;
close to 5,700kms out of the 7,516kms long coastline is prone to cyclones and
tsunamis; while 68% of its cultivable area is prone to droughts.

Disaster risks in India are further compounded by increasing vulnerabilities

related to changing demographics, socio-economic conditions, unplanned
urbanization, development within high-risk zones, environmental degradation,
climate change, and epidemics and pandemics. All these factors have created a
situation where disasters seriously threaten the sustainable development of the
country, besides innumerable lives and livelihoods.

Smile Foundation, with its welfare interventions focused on children and their
families, responds to the call of humanity in times of such calamities under its
Disaster Response program. From the Kashmir earthquake in 2005 to the
Uttarakhand floods in 2013, Smile Foundation has acted promptly to reach out
and respond to the immediate needs of the disaster affected people, while also
maintaining a sustainable approach to help them rebuild their lives by
facilitating their education, healthcare and livelihood.

Some of the calamities during which Smile Foundation has initiated disaster
response are the Tsunami, the Kashmir Earthquake, the Maharashtra floods, the
Bihar floods and the Uttarakhand floods.

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Action for Children

Action for Children (AFC) is a global programme focusing on initiatives aimed
at improving the welfare of children by scaling up the brand and fundraising of
grassroots organisations. The programme was initiated in 2008 by
Together4Change alliance, a consortium of four international organisations
Wilde Ganzen (Wild Geese), Wereldkinderen (NICWO), SOS kinderdorpen
(SOS Children's Villages) and Investing in Children and their Societies (ICS)
supported by Dutch government.
Together4Change alliance is based on the concept of Civic Driven Change and
gives the highest priority to change being achieved by people and society
themselves. For its programme, Action for Children, organisations with a
similar ideology were selected from five developing economies, namely India,
Brazil, South Africa, Ghana and Kenya. Smile Foundation is the implementing
partner for the programme in India.
Action for Children, being carried out by Wilde Ganzen, is based on the belief
that the responsibility of social development lies not only with the government,
but also requires equal participation from the privileged masses.
Smile Foundation implemented the first phase of the programme (MFS I)
between 2008 and 2011. The programme is now in its second phase (MFS II)
and extends till 2015.

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Child for child

Children are the future of a nation. They are the best change agents, be it in the
family or the community in which they live. It is therefore crucial to catch them
young and inculcate in them feelings of empathy and conscience so that they
grow up as responsible individuals.
Sensing this need, Smile Foundation came up with Child For Child (CFC)
programme in 2006. Sensitization of privileged children and their parents,
towards the existing inequalities around them, is an important objective of CFC.
Privileged children are sensitized about the deprivation and pain endured by
their less privileged counterparts. CFC seeks to inculcate a conscience and value
system in the children so that they grow up to become responsible citizens and
change makers. Before their minds are set with age, the CFC programme tries to
make them count their own blessings and understand the plight of less
privileged ones. Once they start realizing the worth of the privileges they are
born with, they automatically turn their thoughts towards positivity and develop
the right outlook. This eventually helps them develop into not only successful
but responsible individuals in life. They grow up to become significant change
makers, who contribute positively to the society.
Under Child For Child programme, Smile Foundation visits various schools and
conducts engaging sessions for the young minds. It sensitizes children towards
various causes and let them realize their privileged status.
CFC currently reaches out to nearly one million privileged children in 900
schools spread across 417 districts of India, every year. In addition, their parents
and teachers are also involved in the process. The programme has today reached
out to each part of India with the exception of Lakshadweep.

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Last Year's Impact

655,114 children sensitized, along with their teachers and families.
1974 schools covered in 417 districts of India.
More than 2500 activities & events conducted in schools.

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Smile Foundation brings Change Beats to India

Change Beats program is a musical way to provide a platform for bridging the
gap between privileged and underprivileged children on a global scale. The five
days workshop achieved its objective of Indian, Tanzanian and Dutch kids
together making two songs about shared chances and dreams of children
worldwide.
New Delhi , 6 April, 2010: In an effort to bridge the gap between people from
developed and under-developed world and bring them closer, Smile Foundation
launched an exchange programme related to music (instrumental and vocal both)
called 'Change Beats' for India. Smile Foundation has been chosen to host a
musical workshop for young musicians from the Netherlands, Tanzania and
India to produce three songs as part of the Change Beats project 2010. The
initiator for the project is the Dutch collaboration of five development
organizations called Change for Children.
Music is a very effective tool of communication and touches many hearts
despite differences in language and geography. Priti Kalra, Senior Manager,
Smile Foundation said, Change Beats is yet another attempt to change the
mindsets and perception of youngsters living in developed world about their
counterparts living in other parts of the world with the help of music. During
the workshop, the children from The Netherlands, Tanzania and India have
together mixed music samples and beats from both the countries to create a
powerful new musical statement for bridging the gap and spreading brotherhood
across the world, she further informed.
Noortje Bergmans, Communications Head, Change For Children, said:Its
beautiful to see the cooperation between the children from different countries
and backgrounds. They all speak the same language and that is the language of
music. Through that they get to know each other and respect each other and can
spread this feeling to all children throughout the world.
As part of the workshop, seventeen talented young (age group of 13-22)
musicians, rappers and singers from the three countries in three different
continents were selected after auditioning for the project -Change Beats. The
intention is to increase awareness and generate necessary action regarding rights
for children around the world. Together the youngsters will make music video

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album consisting of two songs during their stay in India. The team consisting of
underprivileged and privileged children, music production personnel from the
three countries wrote lyrics and produced the video clips during the 5 days
workshop.
After the necessary post production activities people worldwide can watch them
online and also vote for the best theme. The winning song we will be handed
over to a VIP to raise awareness for equal chances for children and youngsters
all over the world.
The songs will be a showcase of learning within the group of children a
depiction of what are the various chances that can be explored for children
worldwide for betterment of their life and realize their dreams.
Change Beats - dreams of children Music definitely touches life and moves
people to do things for underprivileged children. The 21-year-old lead singer
Chanel Dankerlui form the Netherlands who got associated with Change Beats
2009, said Change Beats has changed my life as when I visited Tanzania last
year for Change Beats, I came to understand that there is a huge need for the
development of underprivileged children. Tanzanians are really talented as they
make great music with little resources available with them. I look forward to
further strengthen my association with Change Beats "
Marvin, the 17 year old rapper form the Netherlands is very excited about his
visit to India and wants to
work with musicians from different cultures
across the world: Marvin said, It is very nice to know new people and play
music together and create a song, I want to spread the message of equal
opportunities for all through the music I play and Change Beats has given me a
platform for this endeavour of mine.
Deo from Tanzania is part of a street kids project himself and got a new chance
in his life. He shares his experience and music in Change Beats. I was very
shocked to see street kids in India, as Iknow there circumstances. It seems that
these problems occur all over the world. But good things are shared as well and
Im glad to work together with all the kids here and spread the message to all
the kids worldwide.

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Mission Education
What is Mission Education?

17.7 million children in India are currently out of school.

25 million children are at risk of acute hunger.
1 in 4 school going children have dropped out of school.
73% of girls do not get past 10 years of school.
33 million children in India are engaged in child labour.

When we think of childhood, we instantly go back to the happy, carefree

days when school was our second home and homework was the biggest
trouble we had in our lives morning assembly, lunch break, games period,
making paper boats, walking back home with friends, mom making us ready
in spotless uniform, we ruining the uniform by end of school every day,
punishments, the list goes on.
While our fondest childhood memories comprise of the many little things we
did in school, 17.7 million children in India are yet to experience this joy.
Working in hazardous conditions, living on the street, braving hunger,
poverty and violence, childhood means something very different for these
children.
Smile Foundation's Mission Education is an effort to bring these
out-of-school children under the fold of education. In addition to this, we
also look after their health, nutrition, and provide them relevant exposure
through co-curricular activities.
Last year, 21,346 children across 21 states of India were directly provided
education under the initiative. This year, foundation aims to provide
education to 25,000 children through Mission Education.

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Training And Building

Grassroots NGOs in India have been doing remarkable work in various fields of
social development. Unfortunately, many of these initiatives are unable to
sustain themselves due to lack of resources. Smile Foundation extends support
to its partner NGOs by helping them undertake local actions or fundraising
activities involving the civil society for generating resources to enhance their
impact. Since 2010, as many as 200 local actions have been conducted by
partner NGOs of Smile Foundation.

In the first phase of AFC,

several capacity-building
workshops were
conducted on varied
themes like
communication and
technology, fundraising,
and leadership and team
building.

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In 2011, workshops on Enriching Partnerships were conducted for partners

from East and South India, on fundraising, 5-C Model, communication and
brand building.

A three-day National Conference was organized in June 2012 for the Smile staff
from all over India The discussions at the conference revolved around
leadership, program management, governance, resource allocation, media
advocacy and sanitization tools.

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A two-member team from Smile Foundation visited the Soul City Institute,
South Africa for an exchange program in May 2012 and got exposure to
communication, development and media management strategies of the institute.

In April and July 2013, three-day capacity building workshop, Empowering

Grassroots, was organized where eminent speakers provided their insight into
leadership, management, organizational and brand-building skills. The April
workshop was attended by Smile Foundations partner NGOs from the northern
region, along with its program staff. The July workshop covered the local
partner NGOs of Wilde Ganzen along with Smile Foundation partners from
different parts of the country.

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Present Coverage
Smile Foundation reaches out to over 300,000 underprivileged children, youth
& women through various Development projects across India with presence in
the states of Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh,
Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, West
Bengal, Goa, Kerala, Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya and Manipur and so on. In
many of the locations Smile is undertaking multiple projects/program.
Smile foundation focuses on the implementations of projects in remote
and rural areas.

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Working Model
Smile Foundation has evolved two working models namely, Social
Venture Philanthropy (SVP) and Outreach. Depending on the necessity
and circumstances, either of the models is deployed.
Social Venture Philanthropy (SVP)
Outreach
Social Venture Philanthropy
Social Venture Philanthropy (SVP) is an innovative model based on the
business concept of venture capital. Under SVP, Smile Foundation not
only identifies & implements its development projects through credible
CBO's (Community Based Organization) but also, handholds and
builds capacities of these organizations, focusing on achieving
scalability and sustainability, creating a culture of leadership and
excellence and inculcating a deep sense of accountability among them.
Outreach
Social Venture Philanthropy (SVP) is an innovative model based on the
business concept of venture capital. Under SVP, Smile While working
in the remote rural areas, Smile Foundation realized that many a times
capacities of community based organizations (CBOs) were not
adequate to meet the high expectations of large corporate social
investors. Under Outreach model, Smile Foundation implements the
development interventions directly as it requires intensive and
professional engagement for a wider and sustained outcome.
Smile Foundation gets a first-hand experience in the nuances of
development at the grassroots through its Outreach model and then
implements the learning in its SVP Projects through its SVP Partners.

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Recent Initiative Workshop/Events

Chef Vikas Khanna and Quaker pledge to a feed a child this festive
season
Quaker Oats and celebrity chef Vikas Khanna joined hands to pledge
support to the cause of nutrition along with Smile Foundation on the
occasion of World Food Day.
The launch set up was uniquely constructed in a long table style,
seating 200+ children from Smile Foundation. Celebrity chef Vikas
Khanna and Bollywoods rising new star ofMirzya fame, Saiyami
Kher shared a special brunch with the children. Chef Khanna served
Quaker Oats based pink beetroot idlis, pizzas, burgers, spaghetti and
cookies, all the excitement of the young children.
Chef Khanna also commented, The problem of hunger and
malnutrition in India cannot be solved in a day, and certainly cannot be
solved by one person or entity. If we all make an effort to bring a smile
to even one child, I think well get the true blessings we yearn for in the
festivities. Thats the core of Quaker Feed a Child and I am happy to be
a part of it.

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Ramp for Champs 11th Edition concludes.

The 11th edition of the charity fashion show Ramp for Champs was held
at the Hyatt Regency at Mumbai on the 13th of October 2016. This
edition of the show was titled Divine Flowers centred on the symbolic
divinity, beauty and joyful spirit of flowers, as reflected in human form
by children. More than 50 celebrities and personalities like Amyra
Dastur, Sonal Chauhan, Meyang Chang, Shaleen Bhanot, Praveen
Dabas, Karan Patel and Ankita Bhargawa, Radha Dheer, Shweta
Rohira, Giaa Manek, Preetika Rao, Hunar and Mayank Gandhi, Rakhi
and Hemang Pandit, Ridhima Pandit, Gurpreet Gura, Shruti Tejwani,
Sukriti Kakar, Prakriti Kakar, Terence Lewis, Karan Grover, Caesar
Gonsalves, Ajaz Khan, Shravan Reddy, Abhijeet Sawant, VJ Andy,
Sushant Singh, Rati Pandey, Sara Khan, Shraddha Arya, Prashant
Sawant, Pretty Agarwal, Sarika Mehra, Yugma Desai, Sanskruti
Balgude, Aditi Singh Sharma, Pooja Sawant, Sejal Sharma, Meghna
Naidu etc walked the ramp for the cause of education for children.
The event was supported by Emars Events, Ample Mission, Narayan
Jewellers, Hyatt Regency, Business Wold, Hi!Blitz, Global Gujarati,
Exhibit Magazine, Shruti Tejwani Photography, Body Sculptor,
Soapbox, VK Media Institute, Shivas, Customizing Creativity,
CHASA IDT and National Decorators.

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Challenges
On the face of it, Challenge for Change is a series of high thrill, full
of adventure, adrenaline pumping challenge trips, designed specifically
to whisk you away from mundane corporate routine and take you right
into the corridors of excitement, from snow layered ravines of the
daunting Himalayan ranges to the reckless safari in the jungles of
Tanzania.Smile Foundation, in collaboration with Mission Outdoors
a team of hard core adventure professionals with decades of
experience, has a series of these high altitude treks for people like you
and your colleagues, unraveling various levels of excitement and
thrills.
The idea here clearly is to smash the routine existence that most of us
get attuned to, and do something really wild and mind blowing for a
change.Having said that, theres another reason to really sweat it out
there. You will be doing this to support the education and healthcare of
thousands of underprivileged children in India.
It might sound impossible, but its a fact that as you have a whale of a
time and go back with loads of exhilarating memories after a few days
of these treks, youd actually be gifting a lot of underprivileged
children a brighter future.
All in all, Challenge for Change guarantees you a unique ex perience
along these trails, as well as offers you a wonderful opportunity to
spread smiles among these innocent childrensimply by taking part in
a trek of your choice!
Smile Foundation is a national level development organization directly
benefitting over 300,000 children and their families every year,
through 158 welfare projects on education, healthcare, livelihood and
women empowerment, in more than 700 remote villages and slums
across 25 states of India.

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Smile Foundation believes that unless members of the civil society are
involved proactively in the process of development, sustainable change
will not happen. Following this model of Civic Driven Change, Smile
Foundation sensitizes and engages the civil society, making it an active
partner in all its welfare initiatives.
Today, 8 million children in India are out of school surrounded by
poverty, illness and despair; they are fighting a daily battle for their
survival. Together, we can bring hope in their lives. Together, we can
bring change and make it last.

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Corporate Partnerships (CSR)

The very foundation of Smile was laid on the realization of a group of young
corporate professionals that it was their Social Responsibility to give back to the
society. In partnership with many corporate bigwigs, it has brought a sea of
change in the lives of more than 300,000 less privileged children and youth
across 25 states of the country through more than 158 welfare projects.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has acquired new dimensions in the
recent years. Today, companies are proactively taking up this good hearted
investment and giving a social value to all their business endeavours.
In India, though corporate have a strong will to dedicate their resources for a
social cause, they find it difficult to reach the right people considering the
demography and diverse social problems of the country.
Smile Foundation is one such catalyst that works towards the needs of
development while helping corporate in investing in social initiatives. With
multiple modes of partnerships like Payroll Giving, Cause Related Marketing,
Direct Child Support and Youth Support, Smile helps corporate in strengthening
their CSR programs by letting them adopt, initiate or partner development
projects.
In other words, Smile Foundation devises ways for its partners in which they
can help and make a difference.
The uniqueness of Smile Foundation lies in its working model Social Venture
Philanthropy. SVP seeks sustainability, scalability, accountability, transparency,
credibility and effective leadership. Smiles governance structure has a 4 tier
audit and evaluation mechanism to ensure right use of money and ultimately
contribute a huge Social Return on Investment against traditional methods. Its
working model has made Smile Foundation one of the most sought for charity
brand today.
Smile Foundation has received support and encouragement from around 170
odd corporate and institutions under various welfare initiatives across federal
India.

Barclays, British Council, Bank of America, Caterpillar, Capgemini, GAIL, GE,

Ginni Filaments Ltd., HP, HDFC, HSBC, IBM - Daksh, IDBI Bank, Indian
Institute of Foreign Trade, International Management Institute, Lotus Herbals,

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Microsoft, Sandwood Infratech, SAIL, Suzlon Energy, TARGET, Tata

Chemicals Limited, TCS, The Grand Hotels, Times Foundation, UPS, Verint.

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Meeting With CEO

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Vision
Smile Foundation is dedicated to transforming the lives of children with facial
conditions, in South Africa.
Work as a catalyst in bringing sustainable change in the lives of underprivileged
children, youth and women, with a life-cycle approach of development.
Enable the civil society across the world to engage proactively in the change
process through the philosophy of civic driven change.
Adopt highest standards of governance to emerge as a leading knowledge and
technology driven, innovative and scalable international development
organization.

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Mission
Smile Foundation is a non-profit organization that brings people together for the
purpose of providing expert surgical intervention, creating greater social
involvement & enabling sensible corporate-social investment to make a
difference in the lives of children with facial anomalies is our mission in life.