Smile Welfare Foundation

Newsletter April 2024

New Milestones Achieved

WASH project for Mamandur and Vembakkam schools are approved by government of Tamilnadu on 18th April 2024 with the official approval mail from the member secretory of Education department

with the copy to the district collector. Govt has instructed Smile to complete the entire renovation process in 6 months’ time. Project implementation started on 24th April 2024. The project is expected to be completed before summer holidays. WASH facilities will be improvised and will be handed over to the school for the use of children from the new academic year.

NETWORKS

An agreement with Sri Sathya Sai Trust was signed on 04 April 2024. 15 students from our placement training cell are enrolled with Sri Sathya Sai Vidyahini’s English online coaching session. The same trust also conducts python course for our placement students.

An introductory meeting with Tagore Medical College Placement officer was held on 23rd April 2024 at Tagore medical college. College will be offering scholarship for students with good score referred by Smile in the fourth coming academic year.

EMPOWERING STUDENTS

Placement training:

Spoken English – 15 students Corporate accounting – 04 students Photo shop – 04 students

HTML – 03 students

Personality Development Class: Punnagai Paalam’s Vazhikatti module was revisited and revised according to the present curriculum and exam patterns with the foreword from the author. The revised new edition is in the press.

Punnagai Paalam:

80 children are attending evening coaching classes from 3 Punnaiagi Palam centres at Cheyyar.