Surendra is seven years old, and a student in Sarada Vidyalayam, the free school run by Sankurathri Foundation. He is the youngest child of Jagannadha Rao, a farm laborer in the village Penumarthy of East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. His father earns about $35 per month, whenever he  finds work. Surendra has an elder sister, also studying in the same school, in Grade 4. The family income barely suffices to make ends meet.

Under such circumstances education is never a priority for them as they prefer to send the child to work so as to earn money to supplement the family income. But Surendra’s parents understand the value of education and have enrolled both their children into school. However, because of the family’s poverty, the children are undernourished and underweight. Despite the dire circumstances, Surendra is a very happy child and very popular among his classmates and teachers.

Your generous donations, Julie (x2), Thomas (x3), Kellyr, James, Lee, Michael (x2), and Mark, has made it possible for Sankurathri Foundation to provide a year of nutritious lunches comprising of rice, lentils, leafy vegetables and clarified butter to Surendra. He will also be given a glass of milk in the afternoon. With these two food supplements Surendra will become healthy and active. He will also be able to perform well in his studies.

Thank you, Craig, for donating a set of two school uniforms to Surendra. 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.

Your support, comes as a big relief to Surendra’s parents who can’t thank you enough, for this kind gesture.

Mahaboob Munneasa is a 60 year old lady living in the village Ramakrishnaraopeta. Her husband, SK Gouse, works as a farm laborer and earns approximately $40 a month. The couple have four daughters and four sons, all of whom are married and living with their families. Munneasa is a house wife but for the last few months she has been depressed as she developed poor vision in both eyes and she could not go to work. She also had no money for a medical checkup.

She attended the free eye screening camp conducted by Sankurathri Foundation in Kakinadaand and after a thorough eye examination it was found that she needs corrective spectacles to see well. However, she could not afford to buy a pair of glasses, and was resigned to not ever being able to see well.

Your donation of a pair of glasses has ensured that Munneasa can now see well.  Thank you.

Lavanya is six years old, and studies in Grade one in in Sarada Vidyalayam, the free school run by Sankurathri Foundation. She is the youngest child of Veerababu, a mason who works in Kakinada, located about 10 kilometers from his village. He earns about $4 per day, whenever he  finds work. Lavanya has an elder sibling, also studying in the same school, in Grade 3. The family lives in the village of Thammavaram, located on the outskirts of Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Under such circumstances education is never a priority for them as they prefer to send the child to work so as to earn money to supplement the family income. But Lavanya’s parents understand the value of education and have enrolled both their children into school. However, because of the family’s poverty, the children are undernourished and underweight. Despite the dire circumstances, Lavanya is a very happy child and very popular among her classmates and teachers.

Your generous donations, , has made it possible for Sankurathri Foundation to provide a year of nutritious lunches comprising of rice, lentils, leafy vegetables and clarified butter to Lavanya. She will also be given a glass of milk in the afternoon. With these two food supplements Lavanya will become healthy and active. She will also be able to perform well in her studies. Your support, Max, Catherine, and Carys (x10), comes as a big relief to Lavanya’s parents who can’t thank you enough, for this kind gesture.

Lavanya’s parents do not earn enough to be able to afford new clothes for their children, and most of her dresses are old and faded. Thanks to your generosity, Jeffrey, Lavanya now has two brand new school uniforms, which she can wear to school. She is very proud of her new uniforms, and that acts as an incentive for her to come to school everyday.

Thank you!

Thank you for coming together to support Bhavyasri.

Siddamtapu Bhavyasri is a seven year old girl studying grade two at Sarada Vidyalayam, the school managed by Sankurathri Foundation. She is the older daughter of Apparao, who works as a janitor in the village of Thammavaram. On days when he can find work, Apparao earns about $3 per day, which is barely sufficient to meet the needs of his family.

In the normal course, a girl like Bhavyasri would have been put to work, so the money she earned could supplement the family income. However, because of the incentive of a wholesome mid-day meal, her parents send her to school. Your donations, Sawan, Francoise, Akhil, Carys, Zachary, Rebecca, Purna, dana, and Microsoft, will make it possible for Sankurathri Foundation to provide a well-balanced lunch, and a glass of milk to Bhavyasri everyday, thereby ensuring that she is no longer undernourished or underweight.

Bhavyasri’s family cannot afford to buy new clothes for their children, and it is your donation of a set of two school uniforms, Adam, which will allow her to come to school well dressed and with her head held high.

Thank you for your generosity.

Koppala Suryarao is a 65 year old man living in the village of Peddapuram in coastal Andhra Pradesh.  He is unemployed and living alone after his wife succumbed to an illness a couple of years ago. He has two daughters who are married and living with their families. Suryarao used to work as a gardener, but does not have any savings to get by. He had to quit his job when a tragic accident left him disabled. Thereon, he did odd jobs to earn a meager income to help sustain himself.

For the past one year, Suryarao’s vision has been deteriorating due to which he was unable to get jobs. He felt depressed and helpless.

Your donation, Julian, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a free pair of glasses to him. Suryarao can now see well again and is back to work.

Thank you, Julian, for restoring Suryarao’s eyesight.

Thank you for providing a pair of glasses to eighty year old Penke Nookaraju.

Nookaraju’s wife died ten years ago and since then he has been living with his eldest son. He also has two more sons and one daughter. Ever since he moved to his son’s place Nookaraju was not working but he helps at home by doing some odd jobs.

How ever, since last one year he couldn’t see well because of his cataracts in both eyes. Sankurathri Foundation performed a cataract surgery on him, but even after the surgery, he needed corrective glasses in order to see well. Your donation enabled the organization to provide him with the corrective glasses which he couldn’t afford himself.

Thank you for your generosity.

Thank you for providing a pair of corrective glasses to Doonaboina Satyanarayana.

Sixty five year old Satyanarayana is a resident of Valasapakala, and he has two daughters and one son who died three years ago. Satyanarayana works in a factory earns about $ 25 per month. Though the money is not enough to run their household, he doesn’t want to take the assistance of his daughters who are both married and living at far away places.

His troubles multiplied since last six months as he couldn’t see well and he was not hired by the factory. Your donation enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a pair of corrective glasses to him. He is now confident of being able to find work again.

Sixty-eight year old Venkatarao and his wife have been living with their only son for the last two years, ever since her severe arthritis made it difficult for Venkatarao’s wife to run the house on her own. Venkatarao has been spending most of his monthly earnings approximating $ 30 on his wife’s illness, and when his eyesight dropped due to cataracts, he was not able to afford the surgery. A donation made it possible for Sankurathri Foundation to conduct cataract surgery, but post-surgery, he still needed corrective glasses in order to see well.

Your donation made it possible to donate a pair of corrective glasses to Venkatarao. He can now see well, and is happy that he can continue earning a livelihood as a daily laborer. Thank you.

Atchayamma is a 65 year old widow living in the village Valasapakala. Her husband, Desanna, died eight years ago due to heart attack. She has one daughter and one son who are married and living with their families. Atchayamma is helpless and working as a daily laborer to make her living and she earns about $ 1 a day. But since few months she was depressed as she noticed defective vision in her both eyes and she could not go to work. She also has no money for medical checkup.

She attended the free eye screening camp organized by the Sankurathri Foundation in Valasapakala, and a cataract surgery was performed on both eyes. Post surgery, however, she needed corrective glasses to see well.

Your donation enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a pair of glasses to Atchayamma. Thanks to your kindness, Atchayamma can look after herself now and live in dignity during her old age.

Fifty five year old Tamalapakula Sarvarao works as a carpenter and supports his wife with his meager earnings of around 40$ a month, whenever he finds work. They have three daughters and two sons who are married and living with their families. Sarvarao and his wife live in a small hut in the village of Samalkot.

For the past one year, his deteriorating eye sight worried him as he could not even go to work. During an eye camp, it was diagnosed that he needed corrective glasses to see properly. Being poor, he could not afford them.

Your donation, Gayle, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a free pair of glasses to Sarvarao. Thank you!