Kanchana’s father Sekar died of a heart attack 5 years ago. He had been Sharana’s driver, a wonderful and helpful person- part of Sharana’s family for over 10 years before his sudden demise. Kanchana’s mother works as a tailor in a local NGO – in order to support the family. Kanchana, the oldest of the… Read more »
It was a fun morning last week when a small team from Sharana distributed notebooks to the 91 children of the Aranganur government primary school- part of our Collective Sponsorship program in Sharana. The children between ages 4-10 years old were overjoyed to have visitors and their laughter rang through every corner of the old… Read more »
Vignesh, lovingly called “Pondy-Vicky” by all the VTC classmates will soon complete his one year training in the Sharana carpentry training program. He lives in a small hut in a tiny fishermen village, Manalmedu, near the Pondicherry lighthouse. Vignesh’s family consists of his mother, his paternal
The schools have reopened! There is enthusiasm in the air: of new classes, new books, new teachers and new friends. The children-now slightly taller than last year- are ready after the school holidays to take on new challenges. As you know, the Seeds of Change project aims
Kaviarasan, fondly known as Jana is a charming and bright 13 year old boy from the Kandoctorthotham Slum near the Pondicherry bus stand. He is a regular at the Gayatri House drop-in centre, and his younger sister Srimathi is a Mission Bambini sponsored child. Jana’s father is a painter by day and an alcoholic by… Read more »
The Art Therapy initiatives of Sharana featured in the second page of the Hindu newspaper yesterday. Please find below
The schools have re-opened and by mid-June all the children will be in school in their new classes. We have begun distributing study material
Growing up in a village in the midst of Tamil Nadu’s rice growing belt Suresh and his sister lived with his alcoholic father and seasonal labourer mother in Aranganur. Agricultural land in this village
Our team of educators has been raising awareness about Waste Management and Personal Hygiene in the Vandrapet slum behind the Railway station for over six months almost on a daily basis. It has been challenging but fun! It was just another day for our team of educators
Dinesh scored an amazing 473 marks out of 500 in the 10th standard public exams; he secured 99 of 100 marks in the Social Science paper! Dinesh was only a small child when