After this incident Snehan took an initiative to make accidental insurance policy for all the staff that is below 65 years of age. On the 6^th April 2023, two staff member of Indian Post came to our organization and made the very essential insurance of TATA AIG accident policy, the premium is just 399/- per year. This policy has very appreciating benefits. The key points are attached in the image format.  We recommend this insurance policy to all the individuals who are 18-65 years of age. The premium is just one month tea expense. No one can know what would happen next movement, when something happens no one would come to support for all have their own needs. Don’t wait hurry to insurance your life.

Snehan Staff holding the policy with smile

Vani, a bright little girl, would rise early in her village home to complete her household work and walk 5 km to reach her school on time. This was her routine; she would never miss her school, even on rainy days. After she passed her 7th grade and was waiting to start her 8th-grade classes, her world turned upside down.

On the day she attained puberty, her mother decided that it was time to get the girl married off. Being a girl child, she needed “protection” and a “secured life” under the care of a man, the mother felt. Before even realising that her dreams were fading quickly, that her life would never be the same, Vani got married. Before her 22nd birthday, she was a mother to four children.

Did she give in quickly? No, she cried for many weeks leading up to her wedding day. She cried even after her wedding day but her voice was unheard and her cries for help were ignored. She did have a dream that was now shattered. Stuck in an unhappy marriage, she was staring at a long road to nowhere.

Like Vani, there are millions of girls who are stopped short of their rightful access to a life of their choice. They all have dreams, their own paths to explore but their wings are clipped, by parents, life partners or children. For many of them, life halts in the face of this disappointment. They don’t dare to dream again but for some, dreaming on is not a matter of choice — they just have to do it because it’s their only way out. .

Poornima Krishna was a catalyst at kanthari and mentor to Anumuthu, in the 2017 batch. She visited Snehan, Puducherry, to meet and engage with people at the organisation. She spoke with women in Snehan for about two hours — the conversations were anchored in the importance of following dreams and the mental fortitude to tide over challenges to those dreams.

The women opened up about their personal lives with Poornima and shared with her the struggles that have defined their lives. Poornima said she was inspired by the manner in which these women were finding their way back to life, after years of abuse and hardships. She also motivated them to regain their long-lost joys and revisit their unfulfilled dreams.

We thank Poornima and her son, Mihir, for their time at Snehan and all the feedback and suggestions.

Mr. Francis, who was a pillar & strength to Snehan NGO and me specially for the past 6 years, now  he departed so quickly to the eternity last Thursday. This was shocking news to me, I saw him around 7.15pm on Thursday near the church in the beach, on the same day at 9.30pm he is no more! I can’t believe that he is no more with me. Even though he used to live on the streets but yet he would look clean and decent.

Francis was a huge strength to me in income-generating activities, he was very trust worthy person, I can entrust any amount of money with him and do all my work without any fear. Not only that many times in our street activities we would pick up very sick, it would be so difficult to clean them but Francis would do it without any hesitation, he gave best of his care for many sick and dying homeless people in the hospital. Francis you would be remembered for your dedicated contribution in serving the neglected in Puducherry.  I totally miss him sooo much. RIP

If he were born blind then it’s not much problem but in-between getting blind is really hard especially when there is no one to support him is great challenging. As a reader, have you ever wonder the survival challenges for the blind? Can you imagine?

For too long, we have been exploiting and destroying our planet’s ecosystems. Every three seconds, the world loses enough forest to cover a football pitch and over the last century, we have destroyed half of our wetlands. Ecosystem restoration means preventing, halting, and reversing this damage – to go from exploiting nature to healing it. This World Environment Day will kick off the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a global mission to revive billions of hectares, from forests to farmlands, from the top of mountains to the depth of the sea.

Only with healthy ecosystems can we enhance people’s livelihoods, counteract climate change and stop the collapse of biodiversity. For a long time, plastic bags were used as a free and painless solution for carrying your weekly groceries and for a range of other purposes.  A lot of people think that paper bags are a good alternative, but unfortunately, this isn’t true as they still negatively affect the environment.

We can stop the collapse of biodiversity in many ways. The best alternative to plastic bags is reusable bags, which save 11 barrels of oil. At Non-Plastic Beach, we feel we do our bit to discourage plastic bag usage, by offering our customers organic cotton, reusable shopping bags. Snehan has taken a step to do this by training & manufacturing reusable bags with the mission to Say no to plastic, yes to eco-bags.