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Sahil’s Story

Sahil, 10, loves coming to Buddha’s Smile School each morning. He feels lucky to be able to leave his family’s open-air ‘home’ under a Varanasi railroad bridge for the safe and cheerful. BSS school where he is treated like an important person. But perhaps best of all, Sahil can eat a warm delicious meal each more…

New Daycare Centre allows older sisters to continue education

We are pleased to announce Buddha’s Smile School’s new Daycare Centre opened in October. The Daycare Centre will enable young female elementary school students to attend classes on a regular basis rather than staying home to care for younger siblings. The Daycare Centre caters for young siblings up to the age of 3 years and cares more…

Congratulations to all our middle school students

Through your generosity Buddha’s Smile School (BSS) was able to support 80 middle school students this year — 40 girls and 40 boys — and we are pleased to announce all but two passed their end of year exams with good grades “Our middle school scholarships provide students with free transportation to school, payment of more…

“Blessing of HH Dalai Lama and receiving award are still big encouragement”

Seven years ago, in April 2009, director and founder of BSS Rajan Kaur Saini received the Unsung Heroes of Compassion Award from Wisdom in Action. His Holiness Dalai Lama handed out the award to her in San Francisco. Receiving this award felt as a big blessing and a great honour to Rajan and it encouraged more…

Betsy Rose touches hearts

Recently we had the privilege to welcome American singer and songwriter Betsy Rose. For many years already she is spreading the message of justice, peace and love in the world. Where she is, she touches and moves the hearts of people. In our school Betsy Rose sang different songs in English and Hindi, and played more…

More than ‘First Aid’

Sharmili, a young girl-child was hit by an auto Rickshaw a few days ago. Sharmili is from a beggar community in Sarnath near Buddha’s Smile School. “We regularly pick-up Sharmili and her elder brother Biru with the school bus,” Rajan Kaur Saini, founder of BSS said. “They enjoy coming to school and I was told more…

The Most Dedicated Boy

Kishan, the most dedicated boy of Buddha’s Smile School, stepped into BSS  in 2004. He is the 2nd oldest among all his brothers and sisters. He has two brothers and two sisters, all of them studied at BSS and are now grown up. One of his brother is disable since berth and is now 21 more…

Raj & Shalu’s story

We found Raj and Shalu (Brother and Sister) at the railway station slum community in 2013. They simply caught Rajan Kaur Saini, founder of Buddha’s Smile School’s attention and were brought in and registered as students. Presently Raj is studying in Grade-1 and his sister Shalu in L.K.G. “It was very difficult to convince their more…