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 more…
Sally-Ann Saunders and Tony Phillips
Sally-Ann and Tony came to Sarnath recently for the Dalai Lama’s teachings. Now the younger kids at Buddha’s Smile School can enjoy two wonderful new indoor games thanks to their generosity. A new yellow car and a red and blue seesaw — what fun!! Rajan says the kids are really enjoying playing on them. See more…
Sandrine Buoro and Paul Bernier
It takes money and a lot of organising to sort out the sizes and then buy 200 pair of shoes and socks for the kids at Buddha’s Smile School. This year two people with loving hearts — Sandrine who lives in Spain and Paul who lives in Canada — donated the money that insured all more…
Photos of Sangita
Dana Kornberg has just sent me some photos of Sangita from when she was at Buddha’s Smile School in 2005. Here are some more pictures you might be able to use. They are from the days when all the teachers were teasing Sangita about getting married soon… my god… I have always loved the one more…
Write about your visit
One of the ways you can help Buddha’s Smile School is to write about your visit — telling people about your experiences, impressions and thoughts. It doesn’t have to be mushie, or eloquent — you don’t even have to be able to spell or write English very well — we’ll take care of that.
Liane Fahr
Dear Rajan, Dear John, I am so happy to be able to send you these pictures. Here are the first twenty. Lots of love from Germany, Liane Thanks for sending them through, Liane! Click here, if you’d like to see more of Liane’s great photos.
New Photos: January 2007
Every Saturday afternoon Rajan and her teachers go out to the villages and meet with the parents. I have included some photos from one of those trips and of the tent-like dwellings most of them live in. I also included a happy-snap photo of Rajan, Sukhdev, Daisy and Rosy for those who haven’t seen them more…
Prof. Jim Duerlinger
It gets cold in Varanasi in winter but the kids at Buddha’s Smile School will be nice and warm thanks to a generous donation by Jim Duerlinger, Professor of Philosophy, University of Iowa, USA. Jim kindly donated the funds to buy winter clothes for all 200 BSS students. The kids were measured and the outfits more…
Sangita’s Story
I would like to tell you about Sangita — a young, bright and attractive Indian woman with a 4 month old child. Sangita was a teacher at Buddha’s Smile School until she left to get married. Yesterday I visited her in a public hospital in Varanasi. She had been burnt all down her front — more…