Koyyena Peddamma is a 75 year old widow who lives in the village of Kondayyapalem in Andhra Pradesh. Her husband, Veeraraju, died six years ago, and though she has two daughters, both are living with their own families, and Pedamma has to work as a daily laborer to make both ends meet. Since she is used to managing on a small income, the $ 2 a day that she makes is sufficient to meet her basic needs, but when her eyesight started going down, she knew she would not be able to afford corrective glasses.

Your donation, Madison, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a pair of glasses for Peddamma. She can now see better, and doesn’t have to worry about losing her job and becoming destitute. Thank you for helping Peddamma continue to live with dignity.

Rongala Tulasamma is a 65 year old widow living in the village Chinna Eluru. Her husband Konarao died 5 years back. She has 1 daughter and 2 sons, and she is living with her daughter. She works as a daily laborer, and earns about $ 1.2 per day. Over the last few months, however, her vision has dropped, which has made it difficult for her to find work.

After an eye exam, it was found that she needed corrective glasses, but she could not afford them. Your donation, FC, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a free pair of glasses to her. Thank you, FC, for giving Tulasamma back her sight.

Ten years old Siva Sai Vardhini is studying in grade 4 in Sarada Vidyalayam, the free school run by Sankurathri Foundation in rural Andhra Pradesh. She is the second child of a potter, Venkata Ramana, who’s monthly income of $ 80 is barely enough to make ends meet.

Girls of Siva Sai Vardhini’s age and background are normally not encouraged to go to school, but her parents realize that education may be the only chance she has to escape the vicious cycle of poverty, and so they encourage her in every way they can. However, because of poverty and ignorance, Siva Sai Vardhini does not get a balanced diet at home, and is undernourished. This results in her not being able to concentrate in class, and falling prey to frequent illnesses.

Your donation, Bellevue Rotary Foundation would ensure that Siva Sai Vardhini will be provided with a wholesome and nutritious lunch at school 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 for ensuring that Siva Sai Vardhini is healthy and happy, and can concentrate on her studies.

Natata Ballamma is a 57 year old lady who lives with her husband and her daughter in the village of Viravada in coastal Andhra Pradesh. Her husband works as a farm laborer and he earns about $3 a day. Ballamma developed cataracts in both eyes, and made it nearly impossible for her to manage her own needs. She found herself becoming dependent on her husband and daughter, and was depressed because she could not perform her normal chores.

Ballamma’s cataracts were discovered during an eye camp conducted by Sankurathri Foundation in her village. Since her financial condition does not permit Ballamma to get her eyes operated upon, your donation, Sarah, was used to fund an intraocular cataract surgery for her. 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 Sarah for your help. Ballamma now perform her own chores, and is happy again.

Nine year old Chillipalli Jyoshna is the second child of Lingaiah, a factory worker. Though her father earns enough to keep her family out of poverty, they do not earn enough to afford to send Jyoshna to school. That coupled with the fact that families do not normally educate their girl children means she would have remained illiterate had she not been given admission in Sarada Vidyalayam, the school run by Sankurathri Foundation. She studies in grade 4 and is a dedicated student.

Your donation of a year of tuition, Bellevue Rotary Foundation, will ensure that Jyoshna remains in school for at least another year. Every year that a girl remains in school exponentially increases her chances of a better future.

Thank you for your donation.

Koppisetti Umamaheswari is the second child of a Agricultural labor from village Penumarthy. Her father, Satyanarayana is a daily laborer and earns $ 4 a day when he find the work. With that money he has to support a family of four people including his two children, which is barely enough to meet their basic necessities.

Families such as Umamaheswari’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. Umamaheswari is, however, enrolled in Grade 2 at Sarada Vidyalayam, the school run by Sankurathri Foundation. Your donation, Bellevue Rotary Foundation, will ensure that her tuition is paid for an entire year, and she doesn’t have to worry about having to drop out of school.

Thank you, for giving Umamaheswari the opportunity to get a good education.

Fourteen year old Sunil studies in Grade 8 at Sarada Vidyalayam School. Sunil hails from a village named Kothuru, and is the second child of Srinivasarao, a tailor who earns $4 a day. Sunil gets only poor quality food at home, because of which he is undernourished, and susceptible to frequent illnesses. This results in absenteeism from school, which is a vicious cycle, where a child who is backward in education lags further behind due to ill health due to lack of a balanced diet.

Your donation, Bellevue Rotary Foundation, will provide a year of nutritious lunches comprising of lentils, green leafy vegetables, rice and clarified butter to Sunil. This lunch will be supplemented by a glass of milk in the afternoon.

Thanks to your generosity, Bellevue Rotary Foundation, Sunil will be able to concentrate better on his studies, and be instrumental in moving himself and his family out of poverty.

Eighty year old Kandrakota Chantamma lives in the village of Isukapalli in Andhra Pradesh. She is a widow, and has one son and two daughters. She is living with her daughter. Up to last year she was able to manage her own chores at home and also help her daughter with domestic work. She, however, developed cataracts in both eyes, which were operated upon by Sankurathri Foundation.

Your donation, Maria, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a pair of corrective glasses to her. She can now see better, and doesn’t need help in managing her own chores. Thank you for giving Chantamma back her independence.

Fifty five year old Chitrada Satyavathi lives in the village Raparthi with her husband. She has two daughters and two sons who are married and living with their families. Up to last year she was able to manage her own chores at home. But since few months she was depressed as she noticed defective vision in her both eyes. She also has no money for medical checkup.

At that time she came to know about Sankurathri Foundation and came to the eye hospital for a free eye checkup. It was found that she needed corrective glasses, but her economic condition did not make it possible for her to buy a pair.

Your donation, Eric, enabled Sankurarthri Foundation to give a free pair of corrective glasses to Satyavathi. Thank you for your kindness. With your donation Satyavathi can see better and happy.