We were all seated around a table, and Rajkala our President had files from our social workers from all programmes. photo taken in August 2020 Each file had their respective profiles of candidates

Last month, Sharana undertook a week-long mental health assessment of our women under the Social Entrepreneurship Programme. photo taken in August 2020 Predictably, uncertainty, lack of income, domestic violence, haze on the academic year for children were among the prime causes of anxiety, but Parameshwari told us that the bombardment of unfiltered continuous coverage of… Read more »

Earlier this week, Sharana’s team of 10 social workers attended a ½ day training on the Gendered Impacts of Covid-19 Pandemic. The training was conducted by Ms. Jagriti Shankar, a Gender Specialist who leads the Social Entrepreneurship program for Women in the organisation. This training showed 

    Report by:- Jagriti Shankar and Vandana Shah Sharana conducted a “Women’s Mental Health Awareness Campaign: Towards a Sound Mind” for the beneficiaries of Women’s Social Entrepreneurship project from the 19th to the 25th of August, 2020. This project is supported by Majany, Luxembourg.

Kozhukattai is a traditional Tamil preparation, a steamed rice dumpling with stuffing. A Tamil modak if you will. Maanvizhi took a loan from Sharana’s Social Entrepreneurship Programme to enhance her business that made traditional Tamil eateries. She makes Kozhukattai with Sago and Ragi too in addition to white channa sundal”boiled and tempered chickpeas” and samosas…. Read more »

The petty shop round the corner, especially in these days where one would prefer to avoid crowded markets are a boon to neighbourhoods. Maybe it is a good time to pause and be grateful to the shop owners who venture into the wholesale markets no matter how menacing the “curve”. Sumathi, of Solai Nagar is… Read more »

With the “Unlock” measures just announced Sarita is finally scheduling trips to Chidambaram and Chennai to stock up on sarees to resume her business of selling them to her customers from her home on a monthly instalment basis. Since the lockdown she has struggled to feed her family. photo taken in August 2020 Her husband… Read more »

Social workers at Sharana met Kanagavalli 3 years ago during an outreach in the Vanrapet Slum of Pondicherry. photo taken in August 2020 At the time she had three small children,

Albert Rani married when she was barely a teen. Today she is 29 years old and has three children. Five years back, in order to supplement the family income, she used to sell milk packets and yoghurt she used to set in small glasses.

Children’s Food and Nutrition remains a major concern in several communities Sharana works in. Before Covid-19, while most children used to have at least one meal at Sharana every day, the younger children used to have two meals and a snack at our centre. To address the lack of Food and Nutrition of families we… Read more »