Did you know the average cost of educating one American student a year in the USA is $11,392? <a href="http://balousa.org">Balo USA</a>  is a nonprofit organization that provides a top notch, private, English language education to children in Kolkata, India for only $275 per child per year.  <img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/42657936_1571003043758859_r.jpeg" alt="42657936_1571003043758859_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /> Balo provides unprecedented educational opportunities for the poorest children living in the Kolkata slums (<a href="http://www.balousa.org/projects/balo-school/admissions/">see admissions</a>).   This year, we are aiming to raise $50,000 to assist with <a href="https://www.balo.it/en/balo-accounts/">annual operating costs</a>, and to buy a substantial portion of the <a href="http://www.balousa.org/projects/balo-school/school-space/">school building</a>  in Kolkata to guarantee our future in the area.   <img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/42657936_1570847518862712_r.jpeg" alt="42657936_1570847518862712_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /> Your kindness and generosity are greatly appreciated.  We hope you consider  <a href="http://www.balousa.org/how-to-help/sponsor-a-child/">sponsoring a child</a>  and <a href="http://www.balousa.org/how-to-help/donations/">making a donation</a>.   <img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/42657936_1570847687785638_r.jpeg" alt="42657936_1570847687785638_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /> Please see our website for <a href="http://www.balousa.org/projects/casa-balo-home-for-endangered-girls/">stories about the young women that live in our home for girls in danger</a>  and to learn more about the <a href="http://www.balousa.org/projects/balo-school/">Balo school</a> and our <a href="http://www.balousa.org/projects/balo-school/">projects</a>  in Kolkata. <img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/42657936_1570847729125642_r.jpeg" alt="42657936_1570847729125642_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /> DONOR LEVELS!  We need your support!!  HOW HIGH CAN YOU GO?! Friend            $50-$149:      Your name on the Balo Honor Roll. Bestie            $150-$274:   Your name on the Balo Principal’s List. Champion   $275-$499:   Sponsor an individual child, plus Bestie level. Advocate     $500-$999:   A note from a Balo student, plus Champion level. Hero               $1,000+:          Your name on the Donor Appreciation Wall in the Balo English Medium School, plus Advocate level. Checks to Balo USA can be mailed to:  Balo USA, 3822 Corliss Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98103.

Samantha Lennartson

Tovah F

Richard  Davis 

APRIL DAVILA

Mia and Aman Sundarrajan

Girl Scout Troop

Sofia Leache

Girl Scouts Troop 41450

Elizabeth Connolly

Diane DeGeorge

William and Marisol Hanley

Judith Kinman

Kathryn Kolesar

Anonymous

Sarah Dungan

Tovah and Susan Flygare

Laurie Johnson

Gretchen Mullenore

Cory, Peter, Xola and Qemina VanTassel

Parnel Lettunich

Balo School

Enter your donation forBalo School