Parameshwari has three children to feed, and an alcoholic unsupportive husband with a penchant for gambling to handle. 

Ten years back Lakshmi and her husband left their first born

Alcoholism is one of the most rampant problems in the village of Angalakuppam; most men drink everyday and are prey to this disease that destroys both the consumer’s physical and mental health as well as the economic, social and emotional fabric of the whole family. And the major brunt of this is faced by the… Read more »

When Arokyamary expanded her fast-food shop with a loan under our Social Entrepreneurship Programmes she was among our most remarkable success stories. photo taken in January 2020 (pre-covid) From next to nothing she

Kalaivani realised she had to make matters in her own hands. Her husband’s salary of 8000 rupees of which about 2000-3000 is sent from Chennai every month was just not enough to run the house. photo taken in August 2020 But what was she,

Sharana’s Seeds of Change team, led by Anbarasan(Anbu), went back to their weekly sessions in the Irular community after 6 months this September. The last session was in

The nature of agriculture and dairy is that the work is relentless and the products are perishable. photo taken in August 2020 Food and nourishment being a constant requirement of life

Sharana always believes in working/supporting like-minded organisations working to uplift various sections of the vulnerable communities in and around Pondicherry; collaboration and counting each other’s strengths is indeed the way forward- esp. during the times of Covid. When the Corona lockdown struck in March, Krupa Jhaveri of Sankalpa, put together a remarkably interesting activity that… Read more »

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 »