Day trip to Sambodhi Retreat

We thank foundation member Vinay Tiwari for his great assistance in organizing a fun session for the kids of Bodhi Tree school,Bodhgaya.He assisted in organizing this event and children had really great time at Sambodhi Retreat.They enjoyed horse riding,elephant riding,sand cycling and other facilities.The children were accompanied by School volunteer Ruby Brinkerhoff and school staff.The children were taken the best care of by Shri Tiwari.Mr Tiwari also actively assisted in organizing Spring Celebration.

Spring Celebration @ Jenifer School

No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.
Amelia Earhart

Hi There

We send you our best wishes and regards from Bodhi Tree School , Jenifer Campus,Shripur village,Bodhgaya,India.As spring sets in the region of India,we are here to share our deepest gratitude for your support in our winter and summer.We are attaching a few pictures of our spring celebration at Campus.We thank you you all for your albeit love and practical compassion for allowing our kids smile and grow.We are blessed to have one of the most compassionate souls Dwariko as our preceptor.Hope these pictures find you in the blessed days and spirit.

Kind regards:

Dhirendra Sharma

17th Karmapa blessings to the Bodhi Tree Magazine

The Bodhi Tree community Magazine was launched by the Tibetan Prime minster Dr Samdong Rinpoche and we were looking forward to seeking blessings of his holiness the 17 th Karmapa and The Dalai Lama.Although the physical copy has already been released.We recently met his Holiness The 17 th Karmapa and he generously blessed and released it in Bodhgaya.The Karmapa is the spiritual leader of the Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. The present Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, age 23, is the 17th reincarnation in an unbroken succession dating back over 800 years. Karmapa literally means 'embodiment of the activity of all buddhas'. The Karmapa's purpose is to sustain the pure transmission of the Buddha's wisdom teachings, and to manifest wakefulness and unconditional compassion in a direct, accessible way.
His blessings will certainly be helpful to raise awareness about the magazine.
We regret the delay in launching it online as we were expecting Karmapa's blessings.We look forward to launch weblink www.commonweal.in in a couple of days.

Jenifer School in the news

A team of Media headed by the regional beuro chief, the most read Hindi Daily Kamal Nayan visited Bodhi Tree School and distributed sweets among the kids. Mr Kamal Nayan was accompanied by Sri Kamlesh Kr Singh,The Beuro chief of the second most read daily The Aaj,Beuro chief of Hindi National Daily The Rashtriya Sahra,Gopal Prasad, Beuro chief of National daily The Prabhat Khabar,Kanchan Sinha ,Staff Reporter Of the Hindustan Times,Alok Kumar and staff reporter of ANI srikant singh.

They learnt about the humble endeavour of school and its vision.They distributed biscuits among the kids.They deeply appreciated our endeavour to include Indian Traditional Dance Kathak in our curriculum.

Fruit Distribution week @ Jenifer School to mark year end

Jenifer School (Bodhi Tree School) organized fruit distribution week by the the last week of year 2010.It was started by Suzette and students of Industrial training college distributed fruits among kids.

New Year with Disprivileged kids

"New Year begins, let us pray, that it will be a year with new Peace, New Happiness, and abundance of new friends. God bless you through out the new Year 2011."

The secretary of Bodhi Tree Educational Foundation Sri Dwariko Sundrani.Life coach USA ,Kute Blackson and Foundation member Dhirendra participated in a special function organized to mark new year.Sri Sundrani spoke to audience about the foundation.

Help with fundraising Ideas

Hello all,

I want to ask you personally for help. Jenifer School is a wonderful project where many people in India are putting a lot of good energy and effort. I have seen it with my eyes and since then my heart has been committed to these wonderful people. I would like to make sure that these children and their families are supported throughout their lives, and hopefully the project helps more and more people in the same social unbalanced situation over time.

I would appreciate if you could share any ideas for fundraising that works globally or if you could help with fundraising in your countries. If you have worked in fundraising before you might have a lot of good ideas. I would like this discussion to be a place to share all ideas and create good brain stroming exercise where everyone can contribute.

Jenifer´s dream is to create a sustainable project and for that unfortunately we can not do without financial support. CommonWeal is a small NGO in Bihar and does not have enough international coverage and resources. I hope you can help!

The ideal situation will be to generate a constant flow of funds into the school. That will guarantee the education, healthcare and food to children and their communities in Shripur and nearby villages.

Thanks in advance! peace, love and happiness to you all....

Raul Franco-Navarro