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

“ I hope you realize your good fortune” Sasi tells the children picked up from the streets every morning to spend the day in a protected environment under the Gayatri House programme for street children at Sharana. Born in the streets,

Valérie Fournet Houdaille, one of our dear volunteers from France, came to Sharana to help raising news funds for the Seeds of Change program. She visited the places where the project is taking place and interacted with the communities. Her first success has been to convince