We just completed our first week of the 2015 summer camps. Various activities were conducted including games, dance, art and craft activities, several child rights awareness sessions by organizations like CCRD and Childline, a special outing, and good food! Most of the children, sponsored by Sharana, live in an unstable and unsafe environment.

Young Manikandan, is our Mobile Library (mobile outreach unit) beneficiary from the Kandoctorthottaam slum. He is 12 years old, and he is a dreamer. His father is no more and his mother sells roasted corn by the seaside. Manikandan is passionate about painting, and drawing. He forgets all his worries and enters a new world.

For the last 2 years, for a few months every year, it has been our pleasure to welcome Dr Charles de Riberolles within our programs in Sharana. A specialised cardiac surgeon in the past, now retired, he spends his time helping where his skills could come of use and his tremendous positive energy is appreciated…. Read more »