After some correspondence and initial "due diligence", SMTA and Smile Foundation have signed a contract, under which both will collaborate and raise 50:50 funds for the SMTA primary school at Jakhdhar. This school catering to 35 tribal children in remote mountain belt is very close to our hearts, for reasons which have been discussed frankly by the teachers, in this youtube video. Smta started a crowdfunding initiative too, in June 2018.
Smile Foundation is working with grassroots initiatives for effecting positive changes in the lives of underprivileged children, their families and communities since 2002. It believes that that education is both the means as well as the end to a better life. Since Child education can be pursued in isolation, Smile Foundation extended its thematic areas of intervention by supporting family health, livelihood, and women empowerment. It works through CBOs, as implementing partners, with focus on scalability and sustainability. It is working on 200+ projects in 950 villages in 25 states of India.
Here is their blog, youtube page, facebook, website. We look forward to a very meaningful partnership where everyone learns from the community and contributes to it.
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