Sharana’s Sponsorship Program is one of the largest, and longest-established program that the organization runs. It also takes much attention and care, all the way from screening beneficiaries, to matching children with donors, file-maintenance and follow-up, writing annual letters and sending cards, organizing Summer Camp activities, and more. Amidst all this work there are some… Read more »
Sharana staff and social workers meet regularly with the families of beneficiaries to address any concerns, motivate parents on the importance of keeping their children in school, to follow up on health care, and to plan for upcoming months. Our objective is always to keep clear lines of communication with parents, and to ensure that… Read more »
This past week, Sharana’s office took a break for Pongal celebrations. We are just back at work, and wanted to share the celebrations with you. Of course, the Night Shelter activities continued through the short holiday, in the spirit of the harvest season. Here are the children, gathered around the kolam decorations, with a small… Read more »
This is Sarala. Sarala is a school drop-out identified by social workers in the Outreach Program. Her family lives on Rangapillai street, near the head post office. Sarala has four siblings. This is Selvi. Selvi’s father passed away; her brother suffers from mental illness and has run away; her mother is an asthma patient. Selvi’s… Read more »
We were delighted to have Gwenaël Bourboulon, President of Sharana France, with us this week! We had many discussions about the changing reporting needs of Sharana France, partnerships on programs, volunteers and more. As a result a new formalized agreement is in place now between Sharana France and Sharana (India), which you see Gwenaël and… Read more »
We are doing a little year-end catching up here at Sharana — not only tying together the year’s loose ends but filling in gaps in our blog stream created during the prior months, when those of us tending to the blog and communications in general were away from Pondicherry. But work never ceases, even with… Read more »
It’s Christmas time at Sharana! Our team of enterprising and dynamic volunteers scoured the market for a Santa/ Father Christmas suit and elf caps, and went on tour with these at all Sharana centers, bringing joy and laughter where they went. The children got sweets, cakes, games, and treats, too. If you would like to… Read more »
When french journalist and filmmaker Sandrine Lopez visited her friends Nathalie and Eric Ajorque, who work as volunteers for Sharana in Pondy, in late 2011 she took the opportunity to produce a little movie featuring the school of Mathur. Mathur is a small village remotely situated about 20km north of Pondicherry. Sharana is supporting this school… Read more »
While christmas season is coming and many people in Europe and the US think of their families and friends, we wanted to help everyone to send wishes and do something good: talk about Sharana, remind about all those people who benefit from Sharana’s work and donate. We produced 2 sets of cards. Each set consists… Read more »
