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
Our sponsored child V Dheysian, studying at Sri Vivekananda Higher Secondary School secured a high score of 1096/1200 marks in his 12th standard exams. He is one of the top students in his school and scored a whopping 195/200 in his Math paper! Dheysian wants to be a doctor
In the past 10 months our carpentry students have learnt about hand tools, hand-held machines, and also the larger machines under Mani’s supervision. They have also covered the theory portions of the same. In the last 2 months the students will concentrate on
We would like to wish our dear friend and supporter Caroline goodbye, as she moves back to France after 3 years in Sharana and Pondicherry. She has tirelessly conducted Art Therapy sessions
Tomorrow we will complete our second week of the 2016 summer camps. Various activities were conducted including yoga, dance, art therapy, craft-work, pottery, awareness sessions by CCRD-Chennai and educators from our Seeds of Change program, a special outing to the swimming pool/planetarium, and delicious food! This year we have opened the residential summer camps to