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
In Angalakuppam, one of the main areas of our Seeds of Change project, this November we started the last of the 3 steps of our Waste Management program! Let’s remember the two first steps: The first one was about raising awareness of the children about the dangers of waste, the second
10 year-old Stephanraj lives with his mother on the street near the Pondicherry traffic police station. His mother works as a cleaner in a nearby tea shop (but this job is not regular). A few months ago, Stephanraj fell sick and could not go to school. The social worker took him to the hospital, where… Read more »
On last Friday- the 9th of October we launched an exhibition of photos and paintings at the Sharana office to mark our 15th anniversary. The French Consul General, Mr Philippe Janvier-Kimayana was present at the event to honour the occasion by inaugurating the exhibition and saying a few kind words.
Sharana’s Seeds of Change program featured on the second page of The Hindu this morning. Do have a look. Also do find below, the online version of the article. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/looking-at-children-as-agents-of-change/article7736294.ece
No words can express the joy we felt when the 3rd batch of students from the Vocational Training Program in Carpentry received their certificates and new tool-kits last Wednesday. We saw them after 2 months, they completed their course in Sharana in end-June.
Vanmathi, one of our drop-in centre children at the Gayatri House had stopped going to school 2 years ago, to care for her newly born youngest brother. The mother had to go to work soon after the delivery to support the family, and Vanmathi being the oldest girl; was asked to drop out school. They… Read more »