This girl is Vakada Sundaramma, six years old girl studying grade 1 in our school Sarada Vidyalayam. She is youngest child of Tirupathirao and Ganga Bhavani. They has another child studying grade 3 in an anganwadi school. Her father works as a florist and earns about $40 per month.

Under such circumstances education is never a priority for them and if they send the child to work she can make some money to supplement the family income. In this manner many boys and girls in the rural areas are becoming child laborers and supporting their families.

Thus there are many children in the rural areas who are drop outs of education because of their parents’ economic conditions. Sarada Vidyalayam is helping such children to complete their education without any financial burden to their parents. The school provides not only free education, but also provides free books, uniforms, school bags, a pair of sandals, transportation, nutritious lunch, milk, medical check ups, medicines to all the children.

The school maintains a very strict curriculum and provides quality education and imparts good discipline and values to groom them as good citizens. With your assistance we can provide lunches to Sundaramma for one month.

Thank you for helping Sundaramma with Nutrition lunch. We are sure she will grow in to a healthy child and study well which may provide a better future for her.

Thank you for donating a pair of glasses to Narayanamma.

Seventy year old Polarapu Narayanamma is a resident of Muvvalapeta village in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She has one son and she has been living with him ever since she became a widow ten years ago. As she has been a house wife for a long time she could never go out and make her a living. But she does help her daughter in law at home in whatever way she can. Unfortunately for the last one year she couldn’t make herself useful at home since her eyesight has been going down.

She was diagnosed with cataracts, and since she couldn’t afford to pay for it, Sankurathri Foundation performed a free cataract surgery on her. Post-surgery, she still needed glasses, and your donation made it possible for a pair of glasses to be donated to her. She is now happy because she can see well, and will be able to help out in her son’s house.

Thank you for providing a pair of glasses to Nookalamma.

Seventy year old Yalla Nookalamma is a resident of Ramanaiahpeta village in Andhra Pradesh. She has been living with her son ever since she became a widow 15 years ago. For few years she use to work as a daily laborer and support her son’s family but because of her ill health she has stopped going to work, and helps her daughter in law in the house.

Over the last year, however, her vision has been going down, and it was found that she needed corrective glasses. Your donation made it possible for Sankurathri Foundation to provide a pair of free glasses to her. She is very happy because she can now manage her tasks without having to be independent on others.

Thank you for gifting a pair of glasses to Budha Nookalamma.

Sixty year old Nookalamma is a resident of Paripaka village in Andhra Pradesh. She works as a daily laborer and earns between $ 25 to $ 30 per month. Her husband, Apparao, has a heart problem and he can not work. They have four sons and one daughter all are settled in life and moved away from home. Hence these elderly couple live on their own and some how manage with her income.

Over the last six months, however, her vision has been going down, and it was found that she needed corrective glasses. Your donation made it possible for Sankurathri Foundation to provide a pair of free glasses to her. The smile on her face tells you how happy she is now that she can see better.

Thank you for gifting a pair of glasses to Somamma.

Seventy year old Kavicharla Somamma is a resident of Routhulapudi in Andhra Pradesh. Her husband died ten years ago but she has no financial support. The couple had five children but three sons passed away. Neither of her surviving children (a son and a daughter) are willing to take care of her, so Somamma has a small cottage industry which she manages from her own home. She prepares disposable, bio-degradable plates made of leaves that people use for eating food. She makes a profit of about $ 20 per month, which is sufficient for her frugal needs.

Over the last year, however, her vision has been going down, and it was found that she needed corrective glasses. Your donation made it possible for Sankurathri Foundation to provide a pair of free glasses to her. She is now happy because she can continue working and maintaining her dignity.

Thank you for providing a pair of glasses to Suryadamma.

Sixty five year old Jagatala Suryudamma is a resident of Muvvalapeta village in Andhra Pradesh. Her husband died 20 years ago in a road accident, and she has been working as a daily laborer to support herself and her three daughters. Now the daughters are all settled in life and Suryudamma is living with the youngest one. Because of her medical condition Suryudamma can not work out side the home but she helps her daughter at home.

Over the last six months, her vision has been dropping, and she was diagnosed with cataracts. Since she couldn’t afford to pay for it, Sankurathri Foundation performed a free cataract surgery on her. Post-surgery, she still needed glasses, and your donation made it possible for a pair of glasses to be donated to her. She is now happy because she can see well, and will be able to help out in her son’s house.

Thank you for providing a pair of glasses to Nookalamma.

Sixty five year old Bandela Nookalamma is a resident of Muvvalapeta in Andhra Pradesh.  She has three sons and four daughters, but she and her late husband, Rajulu chose to live independently. Ever since her husband passed away two years back, she has been living alone and supporting herself on the $ 35 that she earns by working as a daily laborer. Because of the uncertain nature of her work, however, she doesn’t have any savings.

Over the last six months, however, her vision has been going down, and it was found that she needed corrective glasses. Your donation made it possible for Sankurathri Foundation to provide a pair of free glasses to her. She is very happy now, because your donation has made it possible for her to continue living alone and with dignity.

Thank you for providing a pair of glasses to Krishna Veni.

Seventy year old Barre Krishna Veni lives in the village of Jagannaikpur in coastal Andhra Pradesh. Till he suffered a stroke three years back, her husband used to be breadwinner of the family, but now she is forced to work as a daily laborer to keep the fires burning. Even though the couple has two sons and one daughter they do not want to depend on their children, and they manage to get by on the $ 25 that she is able to earn every month.

Over the last six months, however, her vision has been going down, and it was found that she needed corrective glasses. Your donation made it possible for Sankurathri Foundation to provide a pair of free glasses to her. The smile on her face tells you how happy she is now that she can see better.

Thank you!

Thank you for providing a pair of glasses to Amkamreddy Simhachalam.

Sixty five year old Amkamreddy Simhachalam is a resident of Routhulapudi village in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She lost her husband 15 years ago and has no children. For the past 15 years she has been living alone and supporting herself by earning around $30 per month by working as a domestic helper. Over the last year, her eye sight has been going down, and she noticed that she could not perform her duties to her satisfaction. This has caused a tremendous stress on her and she was worried about her future.

She attended a free eye camp conducted by Sankurathri Foundation, and your donation ensured that she was provided with a pair of corrective glasses. Now she can see much better, and is not worried about being able to continue fending for herselfWhen her neighbor mentioned about the free eye camp she attended the camp.

Thank you for helping secure Simhachalam’s future.

Six year old Udit*, is a student of  Grade 1 at Sarada Vidyalayam, a school run by Sankurathri Foundation.. His father, Mr. Srinivasa Rao, is a carpenter and Udit has one sister who is also studying in the same school. The family lives in the village of Penumarthy in East Godavari District, in Andhra Pradesh, India. The monthly income of about $ 30 is barely sufficient to feed the whole family.

Despite his poverty, Udit is a very happy child, well-liked by all his teachers and other children. However, being malnourished and hungry, Udit could not concentrate on his studies when he started schooling.

Your generous donations, Natasha, Arianna (x3), Stacy, Helene (x2), Frank, Ivo, Joe and Karen, Judd, and Julie, of a month of lunches each, has made it possible for Sankurathri Foundation to provide a year of nutritious lunches comprising of rice, lentils, leafy vegetables and clarified butter to Udit. He will also enjoy a glass of milk in the afternoon. With these two food supplements, Udit will become healthy and will be able to concentrate on his studies better.

Thank you, Rick and Beth, for donating a set of two school uniforms to Udit. His parents struggle to meet ends meet, and for them, having two sets of new clothes is a big relief. Once the school year is through, they are sure to recycle the uniforms into his daily wear.

Thank you for coming together to support Udit!

* Name changed to protect identity