The wait is finally over, dear friends. You have been asking us where you could buy the irresistible Sharana special oat and ragi chocolate chip cookies. Well, since about a couple of weeks

Prakash and Vadivu, social workers of the Gayatri House participated in a 2 day workshop organised by Tulir- Centre for the Prevention & Healing of Child Sexual Abuse on the 9th and 10th of September. The title of the workshop was: It’s Everyone’s Business – Working Together to Prevent Sexual Abuse

Sathiya Priya, sponsored since 2005, is presently pursuing her second year in Bachelors in French course at a reputed Government college. She is the youngest of 4 sisters, born to parents who

For the past several weeks, the Sharana team has been buzzing with creativity and enthusiasm, in preparation for our participation in this year’s Pondy Photo event. We participated once before, in 2014. This time the event was held at the old Pondicherry port: an abandoned but immense property, which is part of the history of… Read more »

Earlier this week the 4th batch of the VTC program, now young carpenters working in around wood units in Pondicherry received their certificates and new tool kits. The distubution was a small and private event

Thanks to continued support from Luzi Rageth, Sharana launched the 5th year of its Vocational Training Program–Carpentry for school drop-outs and the rural youth in Aranganur this July. The program has completed 4 successful years

A new bus for the Gayatri House, bought with the assistance of Fonds du Coeur, has created much excitement among children and staff. . The bus is used to drop the Gayatri House children

Vandrapet is a slum area behind the Pondicherry railway station where the Seeds of Change program has been conducting daily sessions for the past two years. The enthusiasm of the children

It was a pleasure to have Ms. Isabelle de Marguerye, Deputy Consul-Social Affairs of the French Consulate visit Sharana in the end of July and spend most of her morning with us. She was received by Mrs. Rajkala,

The Seeds of Change program is in collaboration with 5 schools in and around Pondicherry where weekly sessions are conducted. After a year of regular activities, a group of