It was a pleasure to have Mr. Luzi RAGETH, principal donor of the carpentry training program and Peter KABEL a long-standing friend and supporter, visit us at Sharana. They took the time to understand

Our sponsored child Priyadharshini studying in the 9th standard participated in various sportive activities such as Karate, running races and Soft ball and won the second place in most items! Here seen are her Certificates, and a photo of her proudly holding a cup she won. She is also a bright student, and lives alone

KelOptic has sent at least 5000 frames to Sharana till date

For a whole month this January, we had Nathalie PAYRAUDEAU, founder of Fonds du Coeur- one of the principal donors of Sharana (street and slum children program) come and work closely with us. She devoted time to study administrative procedures in India

It was a pleasure to have Mr. Aarmugam Raju (also known fondly as Ara) , Hubert H Humphrey Fellow and Founder Director, InvesT HOPE skills Academy, Chennai with us earlier this week. Mr Ara held an interactive and fun-filled workshop with more than a dozen of the organisation’s staff members working in diverse programs and… Read more »

Arjuna is studying in the 9th standard at Ramakrishna Vidyalaya School; he is a sweet and polite boy. At first glance he comes out as being shy, but the social workers have noticed an unusual introvertedness in him in the last 2 years. Upon conducting a house visit, and speaking with the parents we were… Read more »

Little Meenatchi(13 years old) and her grandmother live in the streets of Pondicherry. During the past rains and flooding, they suffered a lot: they had no dry place to sleep or any food to eat. Meenatchi used to access the Gayatri House drop in centre regularly to rest and bathe in a safe place, and… Read more »

Since mid-September, Henri SAINT-ARAILLES, a young intern from an agricultural school in France, (Ecole d’Ingénieurs de PURPAN), has helped us set up a kitchen garden in our agricultural farm in Aranganur and in our little garden in the Angalakuppam Community Centre. Henri worked directly with Anbu (social worker) and with the farm workers during this… Read more »

Dear Friends, Post the heavy rains, and its aftermath- all our beneficiaries and programs have faced severe damage and the results of these long and incessant rains are irreversible for some. This post comes as an urgent call for HELP. In our various programs the social workers have done extensive house visits, and village tours… Read more »

Starting from the 9th of November for 4-5 days there was a cyclonic storm (induced by a cyclone taking place in the Bay of Bengal) in Pondicherry and its surrounding areas. When the storm hit on the 10th, the average temperature