Smile Foundation is a national development organization in India that focuses on empowering children and youth through education, healthcare, and livelihood initiatives, reaching over 100,000 beneficiaries across 21 states. Established in 2002, it operates under a social venture philanthropy model to support grassroots NGOs and has received various recognitions for its efforts in children's education and healthcare. Its key programs include Mission Education, Smile Twin E-Learning, and Smile on Wheels, designed to provide education, skills training, and mobile healthcare services to underprivileged communities.

1. Smile Foundation www.smilefoundationindia.org

2. Smile Foundation a national level development organisation beneficiaries: children & youth reach: 100,000 directly presence: 21 states no. of projects: 130 subjects: education, healthcare, livelihood, girl child empowerment, advocacy year of establishment: 2002 www.smilefoundationindia.org

3. Progress through Partnership Major Brands working with Smile Foundation FORTUNE 500 [from top 100 list] 06 > P & G 10 > Microsoft 19 > Target 26 > Bank of America 35 > Caterpillar www.smilefoundationindia.org

4. INTERBRANDS [top 100] 03 > Microsoft 19 > Samsung 31 > UPS www.smilefoundationindia.org

5. Major Brands . . ET 500 [from top 100 list] 12 > SAIL 19 > Tata Consultancy Services 23 > GAIL 29 > HDFC Bank Ltd. 46 > Tata Chemicals Ltd. www.smilefoundationindia.org

6. Few Other Brands with Smile Foundation ( Total 70 ) Barclays Capgemini HSBC Société Genéralé Tata Pipes Tech Mahindra Asian Hotels Ltd (Hyatt) CVENT Canara Bank Allahabad Bank Lotus Herbals Jindal Stainless Ltd. Symbian Supportsoft Verint www.smilefoundationindia.org

7. Other Alliances Institutional & Educational Asset India Foundation, USA Caterpillar Foundation ChildReach International, UK Kids Rights, The Netherlands Net4Kids, The Netherlands Resource Centre for Sexual Health & HIV AIDS Shinnyo-en Japan TechMahindra Foundation UPS Foundation Wilde Genzen, The Netherlands www.smilefoundationindia.org Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Indian Institute of Foreign Trade Indian Institute of Management, Indore Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow International Management Institute (IMI) San Francisco State University Tata Institute of Social Sciences

8. Our motto Empowerment through Education Education is both means as well as the end to a better life Smile Foundation believes that whether you are addressing healthcare, poverty, population control, unemployment or human rights, no better place to start than in the corridors of education www.smilefoundationindia.org

9. Working Model: SVP Social Venture Philanthropy ( SVP ) an application of ‘Venture Capital’ model from the corporate sector What does Smile do under SVP? Smile foundation identifies, handholds and build capacities of genuine grassroots NGOs; to achieve: Sustainability Scalability Accountability Leadership www.smilefoundationindia.org

10. Good Governance The entire management process of Smile Foundation is based on the principles of good governance. Policies and decisions are made through a four-tier system, namely departments & divisions, executive committee, advisory body, and board of trustees. The management , monitoring and accountability are governed by a four-tier audit system , namely project audit , statutory audit , internal audit , and external impact evaluation . Optimum use of relevant technology is integrated with the whole system so as to ensure impartial monitoring and optimisation of resource . A certified Company Secretary certifies compliance with ‘Standards of Good Governance’ www.smilefoundationindia.org

11. A few highlights from Smile Foundation A. The Working Model – SVP empowerment approach, not subsidy approach futuristic, heralding civic driven change B. Partnership mode equity (finance) from all partners – funder, Smile as catalyst, NGO not grant giving mode towards NGOs, but reimbursement mode C. Programme or ‘long term vision’ approach not project / unit approach Child Education Healthcare Market-oriented Education Livelihood Girl Child Empowerment www.smilefoundationindia.org

12. Major Recognitions in the recent past Smile Foundation is the recipient of the ‘GE Healthcare - Modern Medicare Excellence Awards’ as NGO of the year Mukti Foundation has recognised Smile Foundation as the best Indian NGO in children education Smile Foundation website (smilefoundationindia.org) is rated as the best 10 websites in India by BestIndianSites.com currently. The other websites in the list are Satyam, TechMahindra, Wipro, IBM, HCLinfosystems, Infosys, AdobeIndia, Accenture, and SurfIndia Smile Foundation has been selected to chair the International Child Support (ICS) committee, since November 2008, effective in 22 countries www.smilefoundationindia.org

13. Major Programmes Mission Education Smile Twin e-Learning Programme Smile on Wheels Swabhiman Action For Children Special Intervention (Child For Child, Health with Smile, Disaster Management, Individual Support Programme, Be The Change) www.smilefoundationindia.org

14. Mission Education Through the Mission Education programme, Smile Foundation provides basic education and healthcare to underprivileged children At present, Smile Foundation has 74 Mission Education projects functional across 20 states of India. More than 35,000 children living in urban slums and remote villages are being directly benefited from the projects www.smilefoundationindia.org

15. Smile Twin e-Learning Programme (STeP) Through Smile Twin e-Learning Programme underprivileged youth are given training in key employability skills like English proficiency, computer operations, personality development etc. in order to help them get a job in the growing retail and service sector. About 1800 STeP students have now been employed in companies like Café Coffee Day, Westside Stores, ICICI, HDFC, Reliance Retail, Big Bazaar, Spencers, Chroma etc. At present, 50 STeP centres are operational in 20 Indian states. Smile plans to reach out to 50,000 youth in the next five years. www.smilefoundationindia.org

16. Smile on Wheels Objectives: Providing mobile healthcare – preventive, comprehensive to address the issues of Accessibility Affordability Mobility Health seeking behaviour Target beneficiaries: most underprivileged and deserving population in urban slums and remote villages Total reach: 250,000 needy people directly in 108 slums/villages across 11 Indian states, covering a population of 582,667. www.smilefoundationindia.org

17. Swabhiman it means self respect in Hindi Broad objectives: to empower girl children from low socio-economic strata, enabling them to live with dignity, improve health seeking behaviour, and function as change agents Prog. Objectives: Self defence techniques, generating awareness Reproductive and Sexual Health issues; covering Safe Motherhood, Child Health, Family Planning, RTI/STI, HIV/AIDS Sensitizing adolescent girls on gender issues, Life Skill Education (LSE) including communication and negotiation skills Providing Reproductive and Child Health Services through Mobile Health Clinic for currently married women, adolescents and children Direct beneficiaries:  Adolescent Girls (10-19 years)  Eligible Women (15-49 years) Present coverage : 12 communities; 80, 000 population www.smilefoundationindia.org

18. Action For Children The programme sensitises and involves privileged mass in the development process. About 150 grassroots NGOs, 10,000 individuals, more than 12,000 students from many prominent educational institutes like IIM Lucknow, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, International Management Institute, WGSHA Manipal, Delhi University, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, etc have already joined the programme. More than 8 TV channels, half a dozen radio channels, numerous newspapers and magazines have come up with their supports in sensitizing people under AFC www.smilefoundationindia.org

19. Child For Child Child For Child (CFC) is an endeavour to sensitize privileged school children about their underprivileged counterparts, inculcate values, and thus help them grow up as sensible citizens. The motto is ‘ Catch them Young!’ Smile Foundation is reaching out to more than 750,000 children (including 450,000 girl children), 18,500 teachers across 945 schools through the Child For Child (CFC) programme. www.smilefoundationindia.org

20. Special Interventions Health with Smile – reaching out to the needy children and women through standalone curative and preventive health camps across India. Individual Support Programme - Support the most deserving and needy children on the grounds of critical healthcare, education and sustainability. Disaster Management - Relief and rehabilitation for children and women during natural calamities like Tsunami, Bihar floods, earthquakes etc. Child For Child – Special advocacy programme sensitizing privileged school children and help them grow up as responsible citizens Be The Change – A sensitisation programme involving catalysts like college youth, privileged citizens, mass media, netizens etc. to motivates others to make a difference their own ways www.smilefoundationindia.org

21. Our Presence www.smilefoundationindia.org 21 states across India ------------------------------------- Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Delhi NCR, Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Assam and Manipur

22. Offices Head Office New Delhi V-11, Level - 1, Green Park Extension, New Delhi - 110 016 Phone: +91-11-43 123 700 | Fax: +91-11-41 35 44 54 E-mail: info@smilefoundationindia.org major Regional Offices Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai, Goa ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Complete addresses: http://smilefoundationindia.org/contactus.htm www.smilefoundationindia.org

23. Next Plan to replicate education and healthcare initiatives and the SVP model during 2010-11 in Nepal Sri Lanka Bangladesh www.smilefoundationindia.org

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25. “ Be the change you want to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi THANK YOU www.smilefoundationindia.org www.smilefoundationindia.org