Seventy year old Jagarapu Dalamma is a widow living in the village of Samalkot. She has three sons and one daughter, who are married and living with their families. She lives separately. Her husband, Sanyasirao, died of a heart problem, ten years ago.Dalamma works as a daily laborer earning around $30 per month depending on when she finds work.

For the last few months she has been depressed as she noticed defective vision in her both eyes and could not go to work. She also has no money for medical checkup. At that time she came to know about Sankurathri foundation, where she had a complete eye checkup done and was advised glasses.

Your donation, Senthil, Andy, and Everett, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a pair of glasses to Dalamma. Thank you for your kindness. With your help Dalamma can look after herself now and live with dignity in her old age.

Seventy year old Surapu Lakshmi, a widow, lives in the village of Samalkot in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She lives with her son and daughter-in-law and helps a lot with the household chores as she does not like to be  a burden on her son’s family.

Until last year, she was able to perform her household responsibilities with ease. But, with deteriorating vision, daily tasks became almost impossible to do, and she began to feel depressed.

During an eye examination, it was discovered that Lakshmi needed spectacles. Being poor, she could not afford new spectacles and, at the same time, she did not want to ask her son.

Your donation, Mary, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a free pair of glasses to her. Lakshmi can now see well again.

Thank you, Mary, for restoring Lakshmi’s eyesight and restoring her dignity.

Sixty year old Konthala Bhaskaramma lives in the village of Rajanagaram in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She was widowed three years ago. Ever since, she lives with one of her two sons and his family.

Bhaskaramma, for the past six months suffered from deteriorating vision. During an eye examination, it was discovered that Bhaskaramma needed spectacles. She could not afford new spectacles and, at the same time, she did not want to ask her son.

Your donation, Amanda, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a free pair of glasses to her. Bhaskaramma can now see well again.

Thank you, Amanda, for restoring Bhaskaramma’s eyesight and restoring her dignity.

Seventy year old Morukurthi Yellayamma lives in the village of Vakalapudi in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She was widowed five years ago. She has two daughters who are married and living with their families. Yellayamma lives independently as she does not want to be a burden on her children. She owns two buffaloes purchased through a bank loan. She sells the buffalo milk and sustains herself.

During an eye examination, it was discovered that Yellayamma needed spectacles. She could not afford new spectacles and, at the same time, she did not want to ask her children.

Your donation, Don, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a free pair of glasses to her. Yellayamma can now see well again.

Thank you, Don, for restoring Yellayamma’s eyesight and restoring her dignity.

Nine year old Koppisetty Nagalakshmi, is a student of Grade 3 at Sarada Vidyalayam, the free school run by Sankurathri Foundation in rural Andhra Pradesh. She lives with her family of  seven members.  Her father is a daily laborer in construction sites and earns about 40$ a month, barely enough to make ends meet. Her mother is a housewife. She has four siblings.

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

In fact, one of Nagalakshmi’s elder sisters is illiterate and works as a daily laborer. Her other elder sister is studying in Grade 7 in the same school as Nagalakshmi.

Nagalakshmi is undernourished because her parents cannot afford to give her a balanced diet at home. Due to this, she finds it difficult to concentrate in class, and often has to miss school because of falling prey to illnesses. With your support, Subhash (x2), Jena  (x2), Priya, John, Julian, and Sarah  (x5), the Sankurathri Foundation will provide a wholesome and nutritious lunch to Nagalakshmi every day. The food would be cooked with iodized salt, and will give her sufficient nutrients for the entire day. She will also get a glass of milk in the evening.

Thank you, Subhash, Jena, Priya, John, Julian, and Sarah, for coming together to ensure that Nagalakshmi is healthy and happy, and can concentrate on her studies.

Yerakam Venkata Ramana is a 69 year old man living in the village of Nagulapalli in coastal Andhra Pradesh.  Venkata Ramana is living with his wife.  They have two daughters and one son but the children live independently in the same village. Through odd jobs, he earns about $30 per month, sustaining himself and his wife.

Recently,Venkata Ramana’s vision has been deteriorating due to which he was unable to get jobs. Your donation, Don, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a free pair of glasses to him. Venkata Ramana can now see well again.

Thank you, Don, for restoring Venkata Ramana’s eyesight.

Kakarlapudi Ramaraju is a 68 year old man living in the village of Valasapakala in coastal Andhra Pradesh. Ramaraju is living with his wife and son. Ramaraju has retired as a factory employee but his job doesn’t give him any pension. Through odd jobs, he earns about $20 per month.

Recently, Ramaraju’s vision has been deteriorating and he has been experiencing headaches.  Your donation, Don, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a free pair of glasses to him. Ramaraju can now see well again, free from headaches.

Thank you, Don, for restoring Ramaraju’s eyesight.

Ginjala Sesha Ratnam is a 65 year old widow living in the village of Vakalapudi in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She has four daughters and two sons. She lives with her second son’s family and  helps them in the business of selling milk. She earns about $20 per month.

Sesha is very independent by nature and doesn’t like to depend on her son for existence. For the past two years, Sesha’s vision has been deteriorating. She could not afford new spectacles and at the same time, she did not want to ask her son.

Your donation, Anjana, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a free pair of glasses to her. Sesha can now see well again.

Thank you, Anjana, for restoring Sesha’s eyesight and restoring her dignity.

Pothula Vimala Devi is the first child of an agricultural labourer in rural Andhra Pradesh. Her father, Sathibabu earns 80$ a  month barely able to support his family’s basic necessities.

Families such as Vimala Devi’s do not believe in education, much less education
for the girl child, so a girl like her would normally not have been going to school at all. Vimala Devi is, however, enrolled in Grade 8 at Sarada Vidyalayam, the school run by Sankurathri Foundation. Your donation, Leslie, Ted and Pam, David, Lee, Peggy, Jim, John, Jill, Luke and Ani, Lowry, Dwayne and Terese, and Peter and Kim, will ensure that her tuition is paid for a year and she can receive quality education.

Thank you, Leslie, Ted and Pam, David, Lee, Peggy, Jim, John, Jill, Luke and Ani, Lowry, Dwayne and Terese, and Peter and Kim, for coming together to give Vimala Devi the opportunity to get a good education.

Six year old Guthurthi Abhilam is studying in Grade 1 at Sarada Vidyalayam, the free school run by Sankurathri Foundation in rural Andhra Pradesh. He lives with his family of four members.  The father, Satyanarayana, is a mason and earns about $ 40 per month when he can find the work. His earnings are barely enough to make ends meet.

Under such circumstances education is never a priority for them and if they send the child to work he 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.

Abhilam is undernourished because his parents cannot afford to give him a balanced diet at home. Due to this, he finds it difficult to concentrate in class, and often has to miss school because of falling prey to illnesses. With your support, Corey, the Sankurathri Foundation will provide a wholesome and nutritious lunch to Abhilam every day. The food would be cooked with iodized salt, and will give him sufficient nutrients for the entire day. He will also get a glass of milk in the evening.

Thank you,  Corey, for ensuring that Abhilam is healthy and happy, and can concentrate on his studies.