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…
School Updates
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…
Dry Ration For Covid-19 Relief
Rosy’s Story
Rosy is nine-years old and has been a model student at Buddha’s Smile School since she was four. Her story like many other children of Varanasi’s über-poor is one of exploitation, neglect and abuse. Rosy lives at a beggar community in Varanasi’s Cantonment area with her fourth stepfather. Her mother died from kerosene burns. This more…
Sachin’s Story: his name was mad boy
His name was mad boy and he was teased and discarded. Rajan Kaur took him on as a challenge and slowly he is changing.
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…