The Jisu Niketan School, established by a Canadian Jesuit, Brother Robert Mittelholtz SJ in 1974, is situated in Matigara, a part of the Jesuit Province of Darjeeling. The school serves as a ray of hope for the underprivileged children in the region who come from families of stonebreakers, refugees from Bangladesh, and landless laborers. Many of them are Indigenous Rajbanshis who migrated from the Cooch Behar district of West Bengal.

The Jisu Niketan School provides education to these children from underprivileged families free of cost, along with breakfast and lunch. It also extends its services to the children of leprosy and tuberculosis patients who receive treatment at the nearby Jesu Ashram or the former leprosy patients of that hospice.

Apart from the regular academic subjects taught in the Bengali medium, the school imparts quality education to its students in music, dance, elocution, and ecology. The school adopts a holistic approach to providing education and encourages the students to develop their talents and interests beyond the mere academics.

Thanks to the generous contributions of our donors, the Jisu Niketan School can provide quality education and hope to the underprivileged children in Matigara, West Bengal, India.