The great Indian exam results have just been declared and all of us who have had the good or bad fortune of sitting in them know a secret that eludes the rest, that giving the exam is probably the easy part, it’s the wait for the results that eats at you during the unending six… Read more »
Last Saturday Sharana completed four wonderful weeks of summer camp. It was a busy and intense period for all of us, but a labour which brought forth 126 radiant smiles at the end of the four weeks. We were happy to receive 126 children from our various programs here in Sharana. The children came from… Read more »
We are delighted to share with you, an article on our Vocational Training Centre in Carpentry, printed in one of the leading newspapers in India, THE HINDU, on page 2 this morning. We are so proud of the entire Sharana VTC team, Anbu (social worker), Mani (master carpenter/trainer) and our young students with a bright… Read more »
Caroline, a professional art therapist joined us in the summer of 2013 and has been keeping Sharana colourful and zesty with her creative presence since. She works with the children at our day care centre has never missed a day and has been a source of constant support and encouragement to the children three… Read more »
On the 24th of February, our Data consolidation project (MamaData) turned live. MamaData is a cloud based software, which supports Sharana’s social workers and accountants in managing information about beneficiaries and donors. The database can be accessed from internet enabled tablets on the field and eventually gives up to the minute information about all programs… Read more »
We are proud to share with you, that we have finally begun our Sports and Games project with Chemins d’Enfances, with the help of the pedagogy from Sports Sans Frontieres. To play, to have fun and yet learn at the same time, is the aim of “Sports Sans Frontieres” (Sports Without Borders). Sports and games… Read more »
This year too, we were happy to receive an intern from She integrated immediately with our teams in the projects, and starting working more in detail with our children at the day care centre.
It is that time of the year, when celebrations are always around the corner. Ayudha Puja, Diwali, just went by, and soon there will be Christmas, New Year and Pongal. This is a busy time for our sponsorship program social worker, Ravi.
Sharana’s Carpentry Vocational Training program, with a training facility complete with machinery and equipment was built in 2011-2012 in Aranganur. The first batch of 9 students (selected from an applicant pool of 22, all drawn from nearby villages) began their study in July 2012.We are proud to announce a successful completion of their course, they… Read more »
We have 20 children in the shelter program. These are children who are extremely vulnerable and for various reasons cannot go back to the street. We would like to keep them under our care until we have a strong plan to re-integrate them back with their families. However, this year, an increase of 30% in… Read more »