Pledge A Smile Foundation: Stories from the field https://pledgeasmile.com/stories Drive reports and cited research from Pledge A Smile Foundation: rations, school kits and winter warmth across India since 2020. en-in Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[The winter Delhi doesn't see]]> https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/winter-delhi-doesnt-see https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/winter-delhi-doesnt-see Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[What ₹12,000 buys in a year of school]]> https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/what-12000-buys-year-of-school https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/what-12000-buys-year-of-school Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Inside a ration kit]]> https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/inside-a-ration-kit https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/inside-a-ration-kit Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Half of India's young women still use cloth]]> https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/half-of-indias-women-still-use-cloth https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/half-of-indias-women-still-use-cloth Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Project Muskaan, measured]]> https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/project-muskaan-measured https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/project-muskaan-measured Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Why we leave some numbers blank]]> https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/why-we-leave-some-numbers-blank https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/why-we-leave-some-numbers-blank Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[What a distribution morning actually looks like]]> https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/what-a-distribution-morning-looks-like https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/what-a-distribution-morning-looks-like Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Why we adopt a classroom instead of visiting it once]]> https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/why-we-adopt-a-classroom https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/why-we-adopt-a-classroom Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[One family, three drives]]> https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/one-family-three-drives https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/one-family-three-drives Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[India ranks 105th on hunger. Here's what that measures.]]> https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/what-indias-hunger-ranking-measures https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/what-indias-hunger-ranking-measures Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Why 3.22 crore children are out of school]]> https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/why-so-many-children-are-out-of-school https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/why-so-many-children-are-out-of-school Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[How 80G actually works when you donate]]> https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/how-80g-works-when-you-donate https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/how-80g-works-when-you-donate Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[How to run a collection drive in your office or college]]> https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/how-to-run-a-collection-drive https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/how-to-run-a-collection-drive Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[We spent a February morning at a brick kiln, before the cold does what it does.]]> https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/winter-drive-brick-kiln https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/winter-drive-brick-kiln Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[A month of rations, handed over in a bag.]]> https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/ration-distribution https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/ration-distribution Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[The reason a child leaves school is almost never the classroom.]]> https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/school-kit-mcd-primary https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/school-kit-mcd-primary Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Shoes are a small thing until you're the one without them.]]> https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/footwear-drive https://pledgeasmile.com/stories/footwear-drive Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT