Seventy one year old Uppalapati Veeraraju is a widower who used to work as a mason until his wife died three years ago.  Now he lives with his son and helps in household chores. They live in the village of Samalkot.

For the past one year, his deteriorating eye sight worried him as he could not work. During an eye camp, it was diagnosed that he had cataract and he underwent surgery and received  corrective glasses as well. But, that pair broke, and Veeraraju was unable to afford another pair as he was a dependent.

Your donation, Shreeya, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a free pair of glasses to Veeraraju. Thank you for helping Uppalapati Veeraraju .

Amalakatta Lakshmi is a 55 year old lady living with her husband Bhadrarao in the village of  Kondayyapalem. She was blind in both her eyes due to cataracts. She found it very difficult to manage her own needs and take care of the home. She felt she was becoming a burden to her husband and became very depressed. Her husband is a farm laborer and couldn’t afford to pay for her cataract surgery.

Your donation, Jonell, was used to fund an intraocular cataract surgery for Lakshmi. In addition to the cost of the surgery and the post operative medicines, your donation also paid for transportation to and from the hospital, food and accommodation, and will pay for two post operative check-ups.

Thank you, Jonell, for enabling Lakshmi to perform her household chores without depending on others.

Sixty six year old Seketi Chittaiah works as a farm laborer and supports his wife with his meager earnings of around 35 $ a month. As his wife is ill, she is home-bound. They live in the village of Ragampeta.

For the past six months, 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, Irene, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a free pair of glasses to Chittaiah. Thank you.

Six year old Chinnari is the second child of a village farm Laborer, Musaiah, living in the village of Kothuru, located on the outskirts of coastal Andhra Pradesh. She is studying in Grade 1 in Sarada Vidyalayam, the free school run by Sankurathri Foundation. Musaiah earns around $2 per day, whenever he finds work. Hence, he struggles to support his wife and two daughters with his earnings.

Under such circumstances education is never a priority for the families and they prefer to send the child to work so that she can earn some money to supplement family income. But Chinnari’s parents understand the value of education and have therefore enrolled her into the school.

Your donation, Tom, has enabled Sankurathri Foundation provide a set of two uniforms to Chinnari. She will wear the uniforms with pride. Thank you for your generosity.

Seventy five year old Sirigidi Nagaratnam is a widow who has been living with her eldest son, ever since her husband’s demise 5 years ago. They live in the village of Samalkot. Nagaratnam helps with the household chores. Her son works as a clerk in a small shop where he earns $ 50 per month. With that income, he supports his wife, two children and has taken on the care of his aged mother as well.

Nagaratnam’s deteriorating eye sight worried her as she could not work properly. At the same time, she did not want to increase the financial burden on her son. During an eye camp, it was diagnosed that she needed corrective glasses to see properly. Being poor, she could not afford them.

Your donation, Joel, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a free pair of glasses to Nagaratnam. Thank you for your generosity.

Seventy year old Pusangi Kantharao lives in the village of Samalkot in Andhra Pradesh. He has four sons and two daughters, all of whom live in their own independent houses. Kantharao and his wife live separately and he earns about $ 40 a month working as a farm laborer. His wife is restricted to domestic work only because  of her poor health conditions.

Since last one year Kantharao has been having problem with his vision, because of which he was not able to work. That has caused financial problems which lead to the depression. When his wife heard about our free eye camp through neighbors Kantharao came to the camp.

Your donation, Joel, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a pair of corrective glasses to Kantharao. Thank you for helping him see better.

Sixty six year old Koraturi Kanthamma is a widow who, ever since her husband’s demise 3 years ago, has been living with her youngest daughter. Although, in Indian society, the parents avoid living with the daughter’s families, Kanthamma had no choice as all her three children are daughters. They live in the village of Samalkot in Andhra Pradesh.

Kanthamma helps with the household chores and childcare. Kanthamma’s deteriorating eye sight worried her as she could not work properly. At the same time, she did not want to increase the financial burden on her daughter. During an eye camp, it was diagnosed that she needed corrective glasses to see properly. Being poor, she could not afford them.

Your donation, Joel, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a free pair of glasses to Kanthamma. Thank you for your generosity.

Seventy two year old Sk Meera Saheb has three sons and one daughter, but, ever since his wife died, he lives alone and sustains himself through his tailoring skills. He is very independent by nature and doesn’t want to be a burden on his children. He earns 40$ a month whenever he finds work. He lives in the village of Samalkot in Andhra Pradesh.

For the past one year, his deteriorating eye sight worried him as he could not work. As he began to starve, with not enough food to eat, one of his neighbors brought him to the eye camp where he was examined free of cost. It was diagnosed that he needed corrective glasses.

Your donation, Joel, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a free pair of glasses to Meera Saheb. Thank you for  helping restore Meera Saheb’s income and independence.

Sixty year old Mylavarapu Baburao has two daughters and two sons but lives on his own. He works as a mason and supports himself, earning around 40$ a month.  His wife passed away two years back, and he lives in the village of Peddapuram.

His deteriorating eye sight worried him as he could not work properly. Depressed, he expressed his condition to one of his sons, who recommended that he attend the free eye camp conducted by Sankurathri Foundation. During the camp, it was diagnosed that he had refractive error and needed corrective glasses to see properly. Being poor, he could not afford them.

Your donation, Joel, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a free pair of glasses to Mylavarapu Baburao. Thank you for your generosity.

Sixty five year old Chennam Narsimha Murthy is a widower who lives alone in the village of Samalkot and works as an unskilled laborer, in the construction industry, to support himself. He earns about 40$ a month whenever he finds work.  Though he has one son and two daughters, he does not like to  impose his needs on them. So he completely depends on his own earnings to sustain himself.

His deteriorating eye sight worried him as he could not work properly. During an eye camp, it was diagnosed that he needed corrective glasses to see properly. Being poor, he could not afford them.

Your donation, Cristen, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a free pair of glasses to Narsimha Murthy. Thank you for your generosity.