We celebrated Children’s day in various programs of Sharana. The “evening homework help centre” children did a beautiful cultural program following which we distributed notebooks, pens and shared a cake. They danced, sang songs, read out poems, and gave speeches in Tamil and English on Nehru, all without the teacher’s help. Bravo children! The Angalakuppam creche… Read more »
Sharana is always seeking out innovative ways to extend its support for women’s education. Twice a year, for three months, we accept interns pursuing their Bachelors in Social work, from Kasthurba College for Women, Villianur. The young women work with us on various programs during their internship.
This year for the occasion of the International Literacy Day, Nabanita Deshmukh did a storytelling session using a storybook published by Pratham Books, with the children of our day care centre. Nabanita is a writer of childrens books and has contributed nursery rhymes, articles and stories to various well-established magazines like Chandamama, Bal Vihar, Children’s… Read more »
This August we had Ketan, an energetic and creative high-schooler from the United States, working with us as a volunteer. Ketan came to us through his uncle Rajen, who has himself much experience in the social and development sector
We were very pleased to have Eva Darlan visit us at Sharana a couple of weeks ago. For those who do not know Eva, she is a well known (TV and Cinema) French actress. She had come to Pondy to perform in a French auto-biographical monologue at the Alliance Francaise in Pondicherry.
Guillaume, a trained art therapist who worked through the medium of dance joined us for an intense two weeks in the end of July. He came to us through Planete Urgence, a France-based organization which specializes in sending skilled volunteers where they are needed around the world. Sharana has close ties with Planete Urgence. Guillaume… Read more »
We are delighted to share with you, an article on our Sponsorship Program, printed in one of the leading newspapers in India, The HINDU, on page 2 this morning. The article goes “away from the spotlight that shone on this year’s SSLC toppers”, instead talks about “a quiet bunch of students who overcame exceptional circumstances to make a mark… Read more »
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 »