To supplement their nutritional needs during the exam period, the Muskaan girls were provided Nutrela.

Alejandra Arce, our volunteer for several years, was given farewell by our girls. 

Thank you Alejandra for your gifts for the children.
We wish her good luck.

CLOTHES!!!

Mothers of the children of Muskaan selecting clothes

 donated by the friends of FHE.

We are grateful to all the donors who brought the 

clothes in good condition.

Monika brought a new volunteer Ritika from Aralias.

Welcome Ritika. We hope we'll see you often at Muskaan 

:)

Marco Dubbelt & Roxana at Muskaan

Marco Dubbelt from Bachpan Bachao Andolan visited Muskaan along with Roxana from American Women's Association, Delhi. 

They also met the parents of the children with Dr. Josephine.

Jeanne Quinn is back from New York!!!

She is continuing with her classes on personal development with the children.

The girls are delighted to see her back!! :D

WARM CLOTHES FROM DENMARK FOR MUSKAAN

The friends of Monika Lauridsen, Mr. Ole Bremholm and his wife Kristine, showed a big heart to collect woolen clothes from their friends in Denmark and bring them to India.

Thank you to all those who contributed to this cause :)

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORT :) Children will remeber you always!

OUR YOUNGEST VOLUNTEERS :)

BRAHMAKRITI RAO & MAHIDHAR RAO from Neeti Bagh, New Delhi joined FHE on the advice of Dr. Javeli.

They collected warm clothes from their friends for the children of MUSKAAN.
Isn't it great to see their concern for the needy and the poor ??

THE HEPATITIS-A VACCINATION CAMP FOR THE GIRLS OF MUSKAAN

In honor of Maria Roxana Sarsotti, a vaccination camp for the girls of Muskaan was organised by her friends on 7th of December, 2012

Dr. Josephine with Lakshmi

MUSKAAN

Dr. Michelle

 

The girls were given the Hepatitis-A vaccine

Ms. Barnali Roy

Team FHE: (L to R) Dr. Josephine, Ms. Barnali Roy, Dr. Michelle Kujur, Lakshmi,  Ms. Anju and Ms. Maheshwari Sreekumar

Elisabetta Mollica with her family at Muskaan

Elisabetta Mollica visited Muskaan with her family and brought home-made fried rice for the children. The children enjoyed it and are very grateful to them.

Keep visiting us :)

Newly admitted girls get new winter clothes and new shoes

THANKS FROM 'INDIAN GIRLS', SPAIN 

Nuestro agradecimiento por la carta y por la foto de las niñas que están preciosas, es un orgullo para nosotras poder colaborar en la sonrisa de las niñas.

Un fuerte abrazo a Josephine.que sin ella esta sonrisa no sería posible
Carmen

[Thanks for the letter and the photo of the girls who are beautiful; it is an honor for us to collaborate with these smiling girls.
A big hug to Josephine. Without her efforts it was not possible to see these smiles.
Carmen]

The newly admitted girls of Muskaan with their new winter clothes and new shoes. When asked how they felt after getting the new things, they said that these are the first shoes of their lives, although their brothers always had it.

This points to the female discrimination prevalent in India.

Yin brought warmth for girls of Muskaan

Thank you YIN for thinking about the girls of Muskaan :)

They will be very warm this winter.

Gros Boechout, Vremde

Visit of Mr. Javier Gila at HKV

Javier Gila, President of AIDA from Spain, visited Muskaan on 3rd November and interacted with our children.

New dresses for girls of Muskaan

Ms. Pooja Dhingra and Ms. Monika Bielecka visited Muskaan on 2nd November. Monika brought food for the girls and Pooja gave new dresses to the girls.

The girls loved their new dresses :)

Both of them helped in decorating our newly painted 'Muskaan'. 

Yay!! New dress :)

Decorating Muskaan

Nutrition time :)

The girls in their new dresses along with Dr. Josephine, Ms. Anju, Ms. Pooja Dhingra  and Ms. Monika

MUSKAAN...FHE has a new name for HKV project!

'Muskaan' is a word in hindi language which means 'smile'...and that is the new name for FHE's HKV Project.

The name was suggested by Ms. Pooja Dhingra and the logo was designed by Ms. Monika Bielecka.

VACCINATION CAMP AT HKV

A vaccination camp was organised for the children of HKV on 29th October.

During the survey done at HKV by the volunteers of FHE, it was found that a number of children have never got vaccinated. It was necessary to vaccinate them and therefore the camp was organised.

Children of HKV

Ms Monika charmed the children with the candies :)

Dr. Michelle along with the nurses

Ms. Monika Bielecka with stickers to attract the children

Registering the names before vaccinating the children

The Team

Dushehra Mela at Aralias, Gurgaon, India

FHE was provided an opportunity to visit the Aralias (Residential Complex in Gurgaon) by Ms. Priyadarshini and Ms. Monika Bielecka on 24th October. The occasion was Dushehra (a festival  celebrated in India).

 FHE could sell the carry bags and paintings made by the girls of Hauz Khas Village in one of the many stalls that were put up in the Aralias.

These beautiful carry bags are due to the efforts of Sheryl with the children of HKV

The volunteers of FHE 

Explaining about FHE to Mr. Vinod, a resident of Aralias

The FHE team: Nidhi, Dr. Josephine, Lakshmi, Arvind and Amit