Thousand Smiles Project aims at mobilizing communities to take ownership of schools and empowering t
02/01/2015
Thank who? Its Friday!!
We finished the first unit of our Health Curriculum at Monarch High School! A big shout out to the kids for prioritizing their health and "consistently" fighting germs by ensuring the use of soap to
100% of our pilot class now follows and advocates this essential habit
15/12/2014
Documents. Debates. Chai. Discussions. Planning. Chai. Hangout Calls. Intense, but fun.
07/12/2014
Discussions and dialogue is at the heart of 1000 Smiles. Project Ibtayda, a parallel idea, was launched to create a space for discussions, sharing and learning for teachers and students. Archana Iyer from Firki, a first of its kind, online teacher training portal, led this conference. This is the start... Teach For India
06/12/2014
We conducted our first Chai Pe Charcha, marking the beginning of our community module. The discussion centered around their child's health and how it affects his/her education. Teach For India
09/11/2014
Our Community Module starts off with a PTC at Madina Mission High School, where parents were shown data from our health camps, and students demonstrated their learnings from 1000 Smiles till now.
07/11/2014
"Thousand Smiles is a part of us. It’s something that makes us matter, and something that we strongly believe in – inclusive systems".
Sarthak reflects on the major mistakes and learnings from the project till now.
Abhijit Rahul Jawahar Gowtham
The Three Mistakes Of My Life - Trials And Tribulations And as I wonder at our journey of the idea and us maturing and taking a remarkable shape in comparison to its fetal form, I also realize the mistakes we have made along...
28/10/2014
How do you think 1000 Smiles Project will help make your school better?
"I have been running this school for the last 18 years but still, some parents are not seeing value in education. As a result they don't pay fees on time and which impacts my day to day functioning of school. I hope with 1000smiles, the parents change their mindset and start seeing value in school. I want my school to impart the best possible education at the lowest rates and i can't do that without the help of parents and their cooperation."
-Hyder Raza, Principal, Golden Jubilee Chain of Schools.
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27/10/2014
Health Module starts off with Dental Camp 1.0s. We envision bringing basic health care to children within INR 100 for an entire year by leveraging on skills within the community and fostering collaboration. Teach For India
26/10/2014
Community involvement is an important leg to keep the table of education stable. We at 1000 Smiles believe in bringing school and community closer by making them work together and share space through health programs , arts.
Check out the below video from Room to Read where community involvement has been major focus to improve literacy in communities similar to India.
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21/10/2014
As our cycle - 1 ended with Golden Jubilee's orientation day, we marvel at the first month of the pilot phase gone by. Teach For India
02/10/2014
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28/09/2014
1000 Smiles successfully oriented parents on the modules of the project. The project was met with positive response with around 70 parents coming on a Sunday morning to hear about the project. We all managed to have some smiles by the end of it.