In mid-June all the schools re-opened in Pondicherry after the annual summer holidays. The children are happy to go back to school and to meet old friends and teachers. Like every year at Sharana we further support our sponsored children in their education, through the distribution of study material, notably bags, notebooks and other such… Read more »
In 2012 Sharana launched the Carpentry Vocational Training Centre (VTC) in Aranganur for school drop-outs and the rural youth. This being the end of our third year, we are trying an innovative way to educate our boys and give them further exposure. During their last month, once a week, along with master-carpenter Mani and social… Read more »
As part of their “Own a book” initiative, the Satya Special School donated almost 3000 brand-new books to Sharana, about 3 months ago. The idea of this project, was to give to the most vulnerable and destitute children, who have almost nothing to call their own- the possibility of OWNING their own books.
Most of the Sharana sponsored children who wrote their 10th and 12th exams this year, received good marks in spite of the problems they face every day at home. Our sponsored child K.Kalaiselvi has finished her 10th standard and has secured a high score of 464/500 in this public examination. Kalaiselvi scored exceptionally well in… Read more »
The Gayatri House (centre for street and slum children) has been running summer camps for the fourth consecutive week now, just like for our Sponsorship programs. During the holidays, the Gayatri House receives 100-120 children on an average every day.
We just completed our first week of the 2015 summer camps. Various activities were conducted including games, dance, art and craft activities, several child rights awareness sessions by organizations like CCRD and Childline, a special outing, and good food! Most of the children, sponsored by Sharana, live in an unstable and unsafe environment.
Young Manikandan, is our Mobile Library (mobile outreach unit) beneficiary from the Kandoctorthottaam slum. He is 12 years old, and he is a dreamer. His father is no more and his mother sells roasted corn by the seaside. Manikandan is passionate about painting, and drawing. He forgets all his worries and enters a new world.
For the last 2 years, for a few months every year, it has been our pleasure to welcome Dr Charles de Riberolles within our programs in Sharana. A specialised cardiac surgeon in the past, now retired, he spends his time helping where his skills could come of use and his tremendous positive energy is appreciated…. Read more »
It was a pleasure to have Silvana and Brunella; volunteers from Aiutare I Bambini visit us at Sharana for a few days. Aiutare I Bambini (now called Mission Bambini) is an Italian charitable foundation, which was established in 2000 by founder and president Engineer Goffredo Modena. Their mission is to ‘help and support children living… Read more »
It was a pleasure to have the president of Chemins d’Enfances, Martine Roussel-Adam and some of the principal donors of the Awareness through Sports and Games program with us at Sharana for a few days. They took the time to meet and discuss the progress and future of the program with Rajkala, and then went… Read more »