Today on women’s Day we are proud to share that Renna age 14 belongs to lepers community Kashi kushth Ashram has been saved from child marriage and is studying in grade 4th in Buddha’s Smile School since 2014. Reena was going to marry on 15th Feb 2022. It reached my ear from other children on more…
Welcoming children back to school, at last!
A letter from Rajan Kaur Saini, founder of Buddha’s Smile School. After being closed for a year and a half due to covid19, BSS is finally reopening its doors following the official authorization given by the Indian government. For students and teachers alike, this new school year is a powerful promise, a symbol of a more…
Teaching in COVID19 times
As the Covid19 pandemic hits India, the BSS staff got organized to keep the children engaged, by teaching in local communities. Since the beginning of the COVID19 outbreak in India, the Buddha’s Smile School has had to adapt to face the local reality: because of the lockdown, families that were already very poor found themselves more…