UNICEF states that “The vast majority of children without parental care have living family members, including at least one parent or other relative.” It also states that children in alternative care “are more likely to experience violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation” At Sharana our experience resonates with the UNICEF observations and therefore the Residential Care… Read more »
-Penned by Board Member Alo Pal in Conversation with Siva, Former Beneficiary The Back to School programme has been the oldest and the most urgent programme of Sharana since its inception. Over two decades we have pulled hundreds of children out of a definite fate of illiteracy and hopeless unskilled or low skilled work. With… Read more »
Penned by Communications Manager Tanay I had previously conducted a Theatre workshop along with Manuel Sir (Program Manager, Expressive Arts Practitioner, Child Protection Officer) in last year’s Summer Camp with a few children. It was one of the most fulfilling creative experiences of my life, and I was amazed by how uninhibited the children were… Read more »
Penned by Ms. Romila Sil (Dance Movement Therapy facilitator-in-training) Over the span of four weeks team members from Sharana facilitated multiple Expressive Art Therapy sessions for children and adolescents participating in their Annual Summer Camp. The Art Room at the Sharana Social Centre (Puducherry) as well as the Angalakupam rural Community Centre (Angalakupam) served as the… Read more »
Penned by Board Member Alo Pal Sandhya is eight. Her father is an unemployable alcoholic, her mother is an unemployed alcoholic sober currently because of failing health. Her sister works as a house help, the sole breadwinner of the family. Our Social Workers observed that Sandhya is unsupervised and loiters on the streets outside the… Read more »
By Ritusmera M., who interned at Sharana and is a student at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar School of Economics University Sharana is the perfect stepping stone into one’s journey into giving back. During my time at here, I learned much about the conditions of the underprivileged in Pondicherry and what kind of programmes Sharana conducts… Read more »
Penned By Board Member Alo Pal “My husband is coming”, Manimegalai tells me in hushed tones. For a moment I fear a scene. Too often have I seen controlling husbands brutally dominate over their wives and abuse them into silence, oblivious of the neighborhood and bystanders witnessing their brawl. On my way to the village… Read more »
Penned by Board Member Alo Pal She breaks stereotypes with not only the work she does but the strength of conviction with which she does it. In charge of Gloria Land, a hundred-acre organic dairy farm with a 140-strong cattle herd of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Glory, since childhood, took keen interest on farming activities… Read more »
-Penned by Board Member Alo Pal Ramayee and her husband have taken on lease an acre and a half of land and grow seasonal vegetables and flowers year-round to earn a living. Her husband is disabled and supervises work on the land and when required, he hires seasonal labor. They have received two loans from… Read more »
-Penned by Board member Alo Pal After I’d finished speaking to them Manikantan went to our art teacher and took keen interest on newspaper toys painted in gold that were on display in the hall. His resting face is a happy one and appreciation is genuine in enthusiastic appreciation of what Sharana does with the… Read more »