Adabala Chilakamma is an 80 year old widow living in the village Kondayyapalem. Her husband passed away 20 years back, and she lives with her son who is a carpenter. She has five children in all- three sons and two daughters, all of whom are married. Over the last year, Chilakamma has developed cataracts in both eyes, which made it very difficult for her to manage her own chores. She was completely dependent on her daughter-in-law for many of her needs.

Your donation, Sarah, made it possible for Sankurathri Foundation to perform cataract surgery on both her eyes. In addition to the intraocular lens surgery and medication during and post surgery, Chilakamma was provided free transportation to bring her from her village of Kondayyapalem to the base hospital and back, accomodation and food. Your donation will also cover the cost of two post-operative visits.

Thank you, Sarah, for saving Chilakamma from cataract blindness.

When Gowri Parvathi joined Sarada Vidyalayam, she was undernourished. Though her parents did manage to feed her every day, the food was not nutritious and the quantity was not enough for a growing child. As a result of undernourishment, her immunity levels were very low, and she was nto able to concentrate on her studies.

Your donations, Manish, Jonathan (x2), Dean and Julie (x2), Elena and Shanen, Dennis, James and Julie (x2) and James (x2) will ensure that Sankurathri Foundation is able to provide a healthy and tasty lunch comprising of lentils, vegetables and rice, to Gowri Parvathi every day for an entire year. This will be supplemented by a glass of milk.

Thank you, for keeping Gowri Parvathi’s hunger at bay, and helping her to concentrate on her education so she can move out of the vicious cycle of ignorance and poverty.

Seventy five year old Gummala Satyavathi lives in Samalkot in coastal Andhra Pradesh. Her husband, Venkanna, passed away 15 years back, and since then she has been living with one or the other of her six children (three daughters and three sons). She is currently living with her youngest son, and since she has no income of her own, she feels she is imposing on them.

Over the last few months, her eyesight has been going down, and though Sankurathri Foundation performed free cataract surgeries in both eyes, she could not afford even the corrective glasses that were needed for her to be able to see properly.

Your donation, Kayennat, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to donate a pair of corrective glasses to Satyavathi. She can now see well again, and despite her frail appearance is confident she will be able to continue living without assistance. Thank you for your generosity.

Gatti Satyavathi is a 65 year old who lives in the village of Samalkot with her husband. She has a daughter and a son both of whom are married and living with their families. Till a year back, Satyavathi was able to run the household without any assistance, but over the last few months, she noticed that her vision has been going down, which made even simple tasks very difficult. She however, could not do anything about it, because she could not afford to purchase a pair of corrective glasses.

Your donation, Kayennat, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to donate a pair of corrective glasses to Satyavathi. She can see better now, and is happy that she no longer has to depend on other people to help her with her daily work. Thank you, Kayennat, for your generosity.

Rayudu Mariyamma, 55 years, is a widow from Samalkot village, who lives with her son and his family. Up to last year she was able to manage her own chores at home and also help her daughter-in-law with domestic work. But slowly her vision has dropped since last one year and she found it difficult to manage at home and she felt very depressed.

When Mariyamma attended a free eye screening camp in Samalkot it was found that she has cataracts in both eyes, both of which were operated upon by Sankurathri Foundation. However, even afterwords, she found that she needs corrective glasses for her to see well. Your donation, Don, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a pair of glasses to her.

Thank you for helping Mariyamma to see better.

Tammalaboina Atchiyamma is a 60 year old widow living in the village Kondayyapalem. Her husband died 5 years back. She has 2 sons and 1 daughter, and she lives with her younger son who is working as a Motorcycle Mechanic. Over the last few months, she developed cataracts in both her eyes, which left her almost blind. She was not able to do any of her own chores, and realized she had become a burden on her son and daughter in law.

Since she does not have any income of her own, and her son makes barely enough money to keep the family fires burning, she could not afford to pay for a cataract surgery. Your donation, Alexander, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to perform a free cataract surgery on both her eyes.

Thanks to your generosity, Alexander, Atchiyamma can now see better.

Seventy year old Nalam Sanyasamma is a resident of Rangampeta in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She has 2 daughters and 3 sons who are married and living with their families. Her husband died of an  age related health problem 6 years back. She is living with her small son and his family who is working as a Carpenter in the same village.

Sanyasamma developed cataracts in both eyes and since she had no money for the surgery, Sankurathri Foundation performed it for free. However, even after the surgery, she found that she needed corrective spectacles for her to see well, and she could not afford, since she doesn’t have any income of her own.

Your donation, Steve, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to gift a pair of corrective glasses to Sanyasamma, and she can now see much better because of them.

Thank you, Steve, for your generosity.

Surapu Lakshmi, 70 years old, is a widow from Samalkot village. She lives with her son and his family. Up to last year she was able to manage her own chores at home and also help her daughter-in-law with domestic work. But slowly her vision has dropped since last one year and she found it difficult to manage at home and she felt very depressed.

When she attended the free eye screening camp held at Samalkot, it was found that she needs corrective spectacles for her to see well. However, since she doesn’t have any income of her own, she expressed her inability to pay for the glasses. your donation, Shashank, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a free pair of glasses to Lakshmi.

Thank you, Shashank, for helping Lakshmi to see better.

Gurram Appayamma is a 65 year old widow living in the village of Veera Raghavapalem in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She has one son and two daughters. She lives with her daughter and helps her with her daily chores. She doesn’t have any personal source of income.

Dhuli Kondayamma is 80 years old, and lives in the village of Samalkot. She lost her husband, Maha Lakshmi, 18 years back, and since she has no children, she lives in an “Asramam” with her friend. Though her basic needs are met at the Asramam, she is required to take care of her own chores.

A few months back, she developed cataracts in both eyes, which made her quite helpless. Though a free cataract surgery was performed on her, she still needed corrective glasses to be able to see properly, and remain independent.

She could not afford to pay for the glasses, because she doesn’t have an income, but your donation, Madison, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide her with a free pair of corrective glasses. Now, Kondayamma has regained her vision, and she can take care of her basic needs. Thank you for your generosity.