A 70-year-old Sundaram (widower, the name changed), pushed out on the streets to live a lonely life. Sundaram is a goldsmith; he used to work 14 hours a day to feed his only small family. In ten long years gap, he became a father for an only son. He loved
A 65 year old Mr. Murugasan from Panruti, a city in Tamil Nadu became homeless after the death of his wife. He has two sons but they never wanted Murugasan to be with them. Therefore, he left his village and came to Pondicherry to survive. He knew no one in
When I was growing up in the hostel, I was asked to help a 65 years old man; I would take three times food from the kitchen and serve him in his room. He would give Rs.5 every month when he receives his salary. I am so happy with Rs.5
A 64 years old Mr. Cinthol Samuel was living a bachelor life because his family left him to be alone. In the beginning stage it was hard for him to live without the family but as the days went by he encouraged himself to be braved person to live a
A 27-year-old woman waiting for her husband till 11 pm in the night. The whole day children were crying and waiting for their food. Its lockdown time, for months no proper work. The House owner keeps on pestering for the rent, no creditors left to take loans on interest. At
Snehan was happy to host, founder of tharunam (www.tharunam.org) and kanthari graduate. He was on a visit to Pondicherry to collect seeds. We were glad to connect with him where he helped us to develop a project proposal, sustainability plan for Snehan and so on… He was with us for
A 72 years old Mr Raman (Name Changed) suffering from chronic piles. He is going through Sevier pain, unable to walk or sit for long, loses blood and whatever he eats goes in vain. He is unmarried, orphan, and homeless, living on the streets with the kind help by bypassers.
Today is the world’s Women’s day. We at Snehan tailoring centre celebrated the day in appreciating and honouring our ladies. In Indian families, women play a more responsible role than men. Living with half-nut husbands (not all) raising their offspring is not a joke. We value their role in the
Hunger is a good sign of sound health, not only to humans but even to animals. At the same time hunger is also the worst life-killing enemy for every creature on this earth. Snehan works with the homeless adults on the streets; we are exposed to see different kinds of
Helping and empowering the women’s community is always a vital activity of Snehan. A huge number of families in India live in separation, poverty, and unemployment because of alcohol addiction by men. The women who are completely dependent on their husbands for their survival and their kids are left in
