Ms.
Manju. M shares the projects along with impacts
of Smile Foundation
Smile has few major programs wherein we are collaborating
with various NGO's of the country in implementing
these programs. So as far as the project management
is concerned, the primary activities that we under
take includes identification of the right kind
of partners from different locations, involving
them in a partnership through proper memorandum
of understanding, continuous monitoring of the
program and exciting from the program once the
proper impact has been done.
Identification
of different partners under each of these programs,
we give out invitation across different locations
through our web-site, internal network, through
our other NGO partner. As a response to that we
get invitations, applications which are either
through the on-line application form that we have
on our web-site or on specific application format
that we give for different projects.
We have different procedure of selection of partners
for different programs. All of them involve serious
programs. Like identification, receiving of application
from the partners, you do a desk appraisal, then
you do a field appraisal, then you have sanctioned
note being given to the partner and you sigh the
memorandum of understanding with each of the partners.
For facilitating all these steps we use technology.
We have a management team at the head office as
well as we have regional offices in 7 locations.
There in we use our regional program people for
doing the appraisal and understanding in detail
about different partner organization.
Under different programs right now, we have currently
104 partners when out together. And we have four
major programs running. Mission education, a basic
education program; Smile e-learning program, a
livelihood program for the youth; smile on wheels,
smile medical units and action for children, basically
a capacity building program through the NGO's.
We are measuring impact of our entire intervention
basically through two ways. First thing is since
we are working in many grassroots NGO's and one
of our major agenda is to build a major capacity.
We look at capacity from 2 perspectives. The number
of grassroots NGO's we have been able to support
and make them self-sustainable through our intervention.
Second thing is the number of beneficiaries that
we have been able to reach out. So I both these
perspectives we measure these impacts. So in the
mission education program we have been working
with some very small grassroots level NGO's and
we have been able to take them to a certain level
that they have been self-sustainable. So we have
quite a number of NGO's who we have been able
to help. As far as the beneficiaries are concerned
we have been able to directly impact more than
1 lakh children in youth in the last six years
