Sharana has almost completed its Seeds of Change activities on Waste Management in the Bharati Government Higher Secondary School in Bahour. Our social workers

The 2nd November 2018 is a day that the team at Sharana have been working up to for months. From across all of Sharana’s programs, they have carefully selected 15 mothers from urban Puducherry and 10 mothers from the rural area of Angalakuppam. The selection process was rigorous, requiring the social workers to conduct multiple,… Read more »

Over the last three months, Sharana has received six volunteers from OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway. The six young women are all studying a Bachelor’s degree in Child Welfare and have come to India as part of their course — a unique opportunity for them to gain work experience in a completely different context…. Read more »

– as penned by volunteer Lucy Heyderman. One morning in October, the main office was empty. It had been cleared in preparation of Sharana’s second Eye Camp of the month. At 9am a team of mostly women, dressed in crisp white saris, entered the building. In moments, they transformed the space into what appeared like… Read more »

For the past 2 months, Sharana’s social worker Vadivu has been leading a group for adolescent girls each Saturday*. During these weekly sessions, Vadivu has covered a range of topics from mensuration to make-up. As the girls have grown more comfortable and confident with each other, honest conversations about these subjects have flourished. However, for… Read more »

Sharana was delighted to have been involved in yet another initiative of the Government’s nation-wide cleaning projects: Swachhata Hi Seva 2018 (SHS). The drive was initiated on the 15th of  September  until the 2nd October, inviting NGOs, schools, colleges, social, cultural and political leaders, corporations, government officials, collectors and sarpanches, to participate for 10 days… Read more »