Buddha's Smile School

Toward the end of 2007 we were extremely worried that the children’s food funding was ending in February 2008 and that we hadn’t been able to find a sponsor. Then a miracle occurred:

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On June 7 and 13, Amistad International will be staging a special Concert and Art Auction in New York City for Buddha’s Smile School. Performers include a mix of world, jazz, rock, and contemporary classical musicians combines with an extensive group of well know artists.

2008 marks a momentous landmark for BSS. Our first batch of students graduate this year to Government secondary school and hopefully on to University. These 14 students, who could not read or write, now devote any time they can manage to their studies and have become role models for the younger students.

Miriam Sicherman sent us some really nice pictures of the Buddha’s Smile School kids receiving their end of year reports.

Sarnath is a suburb of Varanasi and is located about 13 kilometres north-east of the centre. It’s not only the home of Buddha’s Smile School it is also where Siddhartha Gautama the Buddha first taught the Dharma. There are four important Buddhist pilgrimage centres in India. Lumbini, where Siddhartha Gautama was born. Bodh Gaya (or [...]

En tur til India vart et sterkt møte med fattigdom og nød for meg, Geir Davidsen, Etne i Norge. Men oppe i alt det triste kom jeg i kontakt med Rajan og Sukhdev i Buddhas Smile School (BSS), Der fikk jeg se at hjelp når fram til de som trenger det mest. Der og da [...]

Varanasi is situated on the banks of the river Ganges in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and is considered to be the most sacred place of pilgrimage for Hindus, irrespective of denomination, with more than a million pilgrims visiting the city each year. Along the water’s edge cremations are performed at the burning ghats [...]

Dear John, I’m writing to you as a friend of Rajan and Sukhdev. Rajan said you were helping them with the Buddha’s Smile School website and asked me to take some photos of the children and teachers and send them to you; she thought you’d like to use some of them on the site. Kimberly [...]

Alfredo Cardenas and Anel Suarez recently visited BSS and made this wonderful video that I am sure will help Buddha’s Smile School a lot. I’ve also sent the movie to Karen from Amistad International and she has passed it on to some of her donors. Amistad International is a US based charity that has been [...]