Neela Sai is happy and healthy

Neela Sai is eight years old and studying in the third grade at Sarada Vidyalayam, a school run by the Sankurathri Foundation. Her father, Venkata, works for a local company while her mother is a housewife. She has one younger sister and elder brother. The family lives in Penumarthi, a village in Andhra Pradesh, India. Her father earns about $40 per month ­– it is very difficult to support the entire family and pay for the education of his two daughters and son with such a salary.

Under such circumstances education becomes a low priority. Sending Neela Sai to work would allow her to make some money to supplement the family income. Children rarely get paid enough to support themselves, let alone their family. Sankurathri is an organization in rural India that works to prevent cases like this.

Sankurathi provides much more than an education for their students. Neela Sai’s parents have no financial burden from her schooling because the organization funds her uniforms, books, and more. However, Sankurathri could not have provided this for Neela Sai without all of your support.

Most children in this rural area are undernourished and underweight because they typically don’t eat nutritious meals at home. To combat this problem, Sankurathri provides lunch and milk at the school to these children.

Thank you Vijay, Chris, Tulika, Abby, Victoria, Anandi, and Ojus for coming together to support Neela Sai. She is happier and healthier because of your kindness.