The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!

by Lotus Outreach
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The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!
The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!

Project Report | Feb 6, 2018
Overflowing with Blossom Bus riders!

By Suraj Kumar | Project Manager in India

"We are Blossom Bus Girls"
"We are Blossom Bus Girls"

Aharwan Girl’s High School full to overflowing with Blossom Bus riders

We met a number of the 215 Blossom Bus girls studying at Aharwan School today and visited their classes.

We also discovered the total number of students in these two classes is now more than 70, which is more than 35 students over the department of education’s limit.

While this situation burdens the Aharwan School principal and teachers, they are all deeply devoted and long term allies of Blossom Bus, so they are working on solutions. The School has thus far raised funds from the government and the communities to construct four spacious new rooms to accommodate the increasing numbers of girls coming to attend classes due to the Blossom Bus services. While this solves part of the problem, it is also vital to obtain more teachers because as of right now there aren’t sufficient teachers available for classes nine and ten.

The teacher Mr. Balbir informed us, “Seats at our school are in high demand these days because of our very good academic results and a safe environment for girls coming from poor and Muslim families. Unfortunately however, we are unable to provide them the personal attention they should be getting as there are more than 75 girls in each of the grade nine and ten classes. We have requested the authorities to provide more teachers but have not been successful thus far. The girls are working hard and getting much better than average exam outcomes even though they have less time with their teachers than they should. Last year Aharwan Girl’s High School had the best board results in their Ward."

While education in government schools at Haryana and across India is still obviously a work in progress, it’s much better these girls are in school getting a good education than anywhere else. We were happy to see Aharvan school in better shape than ever, with more rooms, cleaner than ever and with teachers taking more interest in creating a better learning environment. All of these things have contributed to the girls at this School performing better in exams than in government schools across the state.

The teachers thanked Lotus Outreach for our great support and which they say has made a huge contribution to making Aharwan Girl’s High School number one in the Ward.

78 girls enrolled in 10th grade
78 girls enrolled in 10th grade
74 girls enrolled in 9th grade
74 girls enrolled in 9th grade
From 30 to 315!
From 30 to 315!
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Nov 13, 2017
A new bus and new students!

By Suraj Kumar | Project Manager in India

Aug 15, 2017
Blossom Bus to graduate school!

By Suraj Kumar | Project Manager in India

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Location: Ojai, California - USA
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Maya Norbu
Ojai , CA United States
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