Presenting Sharana’s proud toppers for the 10th and 12th standard this year…and they are siblings! And we have a girl! While K Reena scored the highest marks of 451/500 in the 10th standard board exams (S.S.L.C), her brother K Dinesh scored 1005/1200 in the 12th standard public exams. Both children have been… Read more »
Meet Elena Ursino and Sergio Macciò from Italy. This young couple came for a few weeks to Sharana through Mission Bambini- one of our funding organisations. As part of their work they took time to visit and understand our programs and activities by working closely with the social workers. They were… Read more »
Meet Florine MOLINIER from France who interned in Sharana for 4 months since mid-January till date; she opted to have this experience as part of the college requirement between two years of a Masters Business Course. Florine supported several ongoing activities during her stay such as program data entry, assisting in report… Read more »
as penned by Sharana’s board member Mrs. Alo. “Late August, given heavy rain and sun For a full week the black berries would ripen.” “300 days to go” that’s what some of us dared to write on the blackboard on the first day of a new session. We referred of course to the holidays. The… Read more »
Meet Cécile Refait, a volunteer from France. She is with us since September. Her pedagogical input is highly appreciated in the Preschool program at the Gayatri House. It has help tremendously as she is an experienced teacher by profession in France. The children have shown improvement in their learning abilities. She teaches the children… Read more »
As an initiative from Dr Nalini Ranganathan- board member of Sharana and head of Women’s studies at the Pondicherry University along with Mrs Nalini Kamra and team from IWIN (Indian Women Network)- a group of children participated in an activity along with volunteers at the Pondicherry University. On Saturday the 10th of March, 20 children from the Drop-In… Read more »
Post the waste management section in the village of Angalakuppam village, every household has been given a dustbin to collect the home’s dry recyclable waste; this is in turn emptied into large community dustbins placed at strategic points in the village. When the waste is full- every few weeks, community members come to the Sharana… Read more »
The 155 children of Angalakuppam are supported through Sharana’s Collective Sponsorship program. This program provides children with the emotional and financial support they need to remain in and prosper in their education. Most of the children are first generation school-goers and have at least one alcoholic member in the house often the cause of several… Read more »
Like every year Sharana celebrated International Women’s day earlier today. Mothers of children from many of Sharana’s programs, slums, villages and communities came together to enjoy a day of festivities, sports and activities. Several of the mothers brought along their babies in arms who were cared for at the venue by Sharana’s staff. The day… Read more »
Sharana social workers Anbu and Bhavani go to the Sanyasikuppam Government Middle school every week and conduct awareness session through sports and games on the topic of Waste Management. This particular game “Meengalai Kappathu- Save the fishes” is played to understand the negative effect waste and pollution has on fishes in the water bodies. The… Read more »