Teaching Children How to Dream

www.buddhas-smile-school.org--Buddha's Smile School (BSS) serves children from local slums and villages in north India, delivering primary education with love, care, and motivation since 2003.


We believe that primary education is the first step in breaking the endemic cycle of poverty and caste-based discrimination. At Buddha's Smile School (BSS), untouchable children are not just educated they are taught to dream. Here, in a structured and caring learning environment, children not only learn, but discover that they are not condemned to walk in their parents footsteps, that the shackles can be broken.

We understand that education goes beyond classroom learning, requiring play and discovery. We teach music, crafts, and drawing and offer short summer courses in dance for the students to discover and develop their talents. Unlike typical schools in India, we foster an atmosphere of love, kindness, and healing.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• education
• school
• children
• nonprofit
• charity
• india
• uttar
• pradesh
• varanasi
• benares
• sarnath
• dalit
• untouchable
• caste
• outcaste
• slums
• villages
• poverty
• ngo
• shiksha
• bhojpuri
• bangladeshi
• refugee
• ragpicker
• lepers

[debddatta]

Very inspiring work. Thanks for capturing and sharing on video. - Deb

[cmcquilling]

Fabulous work!!!

[buddhasmileschool]

BSS inspires everyone who comes into contact with it. And there is so much to do!

Thanks for watching! :)

- Dana