Following the wonderful feedback from the children, Sharana and Samkriya Foundation are collaborating once again this year. Mrs. Sandhya, founder of the organisation and a close friend of Sharana’s

Sharana works with over 300 children from the streets and slums of Pondicherry, the main objective of the intervention being the well-being and the education of the children. While the Gayatri House offers a day care centre for all the children where they can be safe, eat, bathe, rest and do several activities; both the… Read more »

Sharana received Mme. Nathalie Payraudeau, president of Fonds du Coeur, as well as member of Sharana France for two weeks in the middle of January this year. Fonds du Coeur supports all the activities of the Gayatri House, notably the crèche, the pre-school, the drop-in centre, the mobile library and the sponsorship programs- covering over… Read more »

2016 ended with a high note for the children street and slum children programs of the Gayatri House and Mission Bambini. The social workers had been working closely with Dr. Nalini Ranganathan,

If there is a lesson to be learnt while dealing with real, raw human problems it is that of shedding the comfort of knowing the job. We live in a world of codes and formulae

Warm and hearty New Year Wishes from the entire Sharana Team

For a few years now, Sharana has consciously tried to generate its own income, to move slowly but surely towards integrating a social business model in all programs. We believe that for an organisation to move ahead and sustain itself locally and internally in the true sense is the truest fruition of its endeavor. In… Read more »

For a second year around, we have received volunteers from an agricultural university in the South of France, Ecole d’Ingénieurs de PURPAN in Sharana this September. For three months, 4 volunteers will work alongside the Sharana team in green initiatives. While Marion and Clemence are helping with

Sharana’s oatmeal ragi cookies are flying off the shelves at Grinde! To help the cookies travel better, we’re making them in button-sized bites, too. And we’ve given them a festive Deepavali dress-up look in rolls. Have a look:

We were happy to receive Belgian volunteers, Alexander Alexander van de Voorde and Wouter Gyssels in Sharana early this month. They have both completed their engineering studies (mechanical and energy respectively) before coming to Sharana for a one month volunteering and field experience. They are going to rebuild the