As a first such joint initiative between Women Studies’ Department- Pondicherry University, Kasthurba College for Women-Villianur, and Sharana collaborated in a half day program at the Kasthurba College for Women titled GENDER, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION: AN INTERFACE. While Sharana regularly receives students pursuing

An intense rich and layered workshop by Mr. Vuthy, ChildSafe Alliance Coordinator for Southeast Asia and Ms Marie, Technical Advisor ChildSafe from Friends International was the first milestone achieved by Sharana with arguably the most esteemed partner in the field in the immersion and proposed formulation and implementation of a Child Safe Alliance policy and… Read more »

– as penned by Alo Sud, board member- Sharana The Vocational Training in Carpentry is a programme that enables school dropouts to take up a respectable viable career option in an otherwise hopeless life. This note on the programme is as true as calling the Pyramid a tomb. The interest is in the extended definition… Read more »

It all started with Sharana being invited through the Lt. Governor’s office for a meeting organised in the prison by the Inspector General of Police (Prisons) Mr Pankaj Kumar Jha where several NGOs were present to discuss along with Dr Bedi and Mr Jha towards creating a better prison environment for the inmates and converting… Read more »

It was a pleasure to have 4 students of the l’Haute Écoles des Arts du Rhin, Strasbourg, France work alongside our team of social workers and children for over 10 days this August. Sharana has been working closer and more deeply with art-oriented actions since over 4 years now- we have seen the impact it… Read more »

It was our pleasure to receive Mr Laurent Meiers, Board member of Foundation Madjani within the programs of Sharana earlier this month. During his 4-day visit, he took time to

It was our pleasure to see a volunteer-led project come to fruition with Association Leo Lagrange from France- this project received most of its funding from the French Government. Paul BANAS, an animator who works with children with difficulties

It was a great honour and privilege to receive renowned addiction counsellor and photographer Smita Barooah into Sharana for a two-day workshop on alcohol addiction. (25th and 26th July) While the first day covered understanding addiction and

Earlier this July, Mr Ravianand, social worker of the Back to School program attended a 5-day training program related to Women and Child issues for functionaries of the Government and Voluntory Organisations held at the NIPCCD, Bangalore. (National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development)- an autonomous organisation working under the aegis of Ministry of… Read more »

Since April 2016, Golden Chain Fraternity, an organisation created by and of the Alumni of the Ashram School- the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education (SAICE) have been supporting certain ongoing projects at Sharana, including a homework help centre, beautification of certain slum walls, and the purchase of public dustbins for a slum behind the… Read more »