Blog Archive:  April 2016
posted on Friday, April 29th, 2016
by Vandana Shah
Sharana Summer Camps 2016

Tomorrow we will complete our second week of the 2016 summer camps. Various activities were conducted including yoga, dance, art therapy, craft-work, pottery, awareness sessions by CCRD-Chennai and educators from our Seeds of Change program, a special outing to the swimming pool/planetarium, and delicious food! This year we have opened the residential summer camps to

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Posted on Friday, April 29th, 2016
by Vandana Shah
posted on Friday, April 22nd, 2016
by Alo
Sharana’s Diary – Sasi’s Story

“ I hope you realize your good fortune” Sasi tells the children picked up from the streets every morning to spend the day in a protected environment under the Gayatri House programme for street children at Sharana. Born in the streets,

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Posted on Friday, April 22nd, 2016
by Alo
posted on Thursday, April 21st, 2016
by Vandana Shah
Volunteer helps support Seeds of Change program

Valérie Fournet Houdaille, one of our dear volunteers from France, came to Sharana to help raising news funds for the Seeds of Change program. She visited the places where the project is taking place and interacted with the communities. Her first success has been to convince

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Posted on Thursday, April 21st, 2016
by Vandana Shah
posted on Friday, April 15th, 2016
by Vandana Shah
Beneficiary’s mother helps 2 girls

Mary is 30 years old. After her husband died a few years ago, she started living with her two children (who access the Gayatri House and are beneficiaries of the Mission Bambini sponsorship program) on the street opposite the Pondicherry General Hospital. One night she noticed two girls walking

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Posted on Friday, April 15th, 2016
by Vandana Shah
posted on Friday, April 8th, 2016
by Alo
From the pages of Sharana’s diary

Starting this week, we will chronicle in this page stories from Sharana. Each story featured will include a potential life changing intervention by Sharana. She was a woman, a widow, a mother abandoned by her son. These are the tough circumstances

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Posted on Friday, April 8th, 2016
by Alo
posted on Thursday, April 7th, 2016
by Vandana Shah
Exam time for Sharana students

Over 700 students studying in various schools in and around Pondicherry through several of the Sharana programs, are currently undergoing their exams. The social workers are engaged in supporting

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Posted on Thursday, April 7th, 2016
by Vandana Shah
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