Seventy years old Chirada Satyavathi is a resident of Pithapuram in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She lives with her husband, Annavaram, who is working as a farm laborer earning an average of $ 3 on days when he finds work. She has two daughters who are both married, and living with their families.

Satyavathi developed cataracts in both eyes and had no money for the operation. She attended the free eye screening camp conducted by Sankurathri Foundation, following which the cataracts in both eyes were operated upon. After the operation, however, she found that she needed corrective glasses in order to see well, but she did not have the money to purchase a pair of glasses. Your donation, Sivakumar, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to donate a pair of glasses to Satyavathi.

Thank you Sivakumar, for your kindness. Satyavathi can be see better now.

Palla Mangayamma is a 62 year old widow from Pithapuram village in Andhra Pradesh. Her husband died three years back, and 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 five months and she found it difficult to manage at home and she felt very depressed.

Mangayamma attended the free eye screening camp conducted by Sankurathri Foundation in her village of Pithapuram and after a thorough eye examination it was found that she needs corrective glasses. Since she does not have any money of her own, she could not afford to purchase a pair of glasses. Your donation, Sivakumar, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to give a pair of glasses to Mangayamma.

Thank you, Sivakumar, for helping Mangayamma see better.

Sixty three year old Ummidi Chakrarao lives in the village of Chebrolu in coastal Andhra Pradesh. He works as a farm laborer and earns about $ 50 per month. He has two sons who are both married and live seperately. Chakrarao and his wife live at the edge of poverty.

Chakrarao suddenly lost his vision a few weeks back, and at an eye screening camp organized by Sankurathri Foundation, his problem was diagnosed as a refractive error, for which he needed a pair of corrective glasses that he could not afford.

Your donation, Sivakumar, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to give him a pair of free glasses. His vision has now been restored, and he looks forward to going back to work. Thank you for giving Chakrarao back his dignity and his livelihood.

Seventy year old Ramiseetty Veeraraju is a farm laborer who lives in the village of Prathipadu in coastal Andhra Pradesh. He came to the eye hospital run by Sankurathri Foundation complaining of headache and poor vision, and after an eye examination, it was diagnosed that he needed glasses to correct his poor vision- the headaches were because of the strain of trying to see through his poor vision.

When the prescription was given to him, however, he expressed his inability to purchase the glasses. Your donation, Sivakumar, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a free pair of glasses to Veeraraju.

Thank you Sivakumar, for your kindness . His headaches will now be a thing of the past.

Kasireddy Vanumulamma is a sixty year old female from Manguturthi village in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She lives with her husband, Subbarao, and till last year was able to manage all the household chores on her own, and even find time to help her husband. But slowly her vision started dropping, and she was upset because she could not afford to buy corrective glasses.

Your donation of a pair of glasses, Katelyn, has put a smile back on Vanumulamma’s face. She can now see better, and is happy that even in her old age, there are people who care enough to give her a better quality of life. Thank you!

Gandham Lakshmi is a 65 year old widow living in the village of Tuni. Her husband, Jeevaratnam, died five years ago, and since she doesn’t have any children, she is totally helpless. She works as a daily laborer to make a living and she earns about $ 1.5 a day. Over the last few months, her vision started going down due to cataracts, and she started getting very depressed. Sankurathri Foundation performed cataract surgery on her free of cost, but she was not able to afford the corrective glasses that she needed.

Your donation, Vikram, made it possible to give her a pair of glasses. Thank you for enabling her to continue earning a living.

Ummu Rajulamma is a 55 year old widow who lives in Pithapuram village with her sons. Up to last year she was able to manage her own chores at home and also help her daughter-in-laws 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.

Rajulamma attended our free eye screening camp conducted by Sankurathri Foundation, and it was found that she needed corrective glasses to see well. She, however, could not afford the glasses, and went away. Your donation, Marisa, made it possible for Sankurathri Foundation to donate a pair of glasses to her. Now she is happy because she can help around the house, and not feel guilty about being a burden on her children.

Thank you Marisa, for helping Rajulamma see better, and feel more useful.

Fourteen year old Sunil studies in Grade 7 at Sarada Vidyalayam school. Sunil hails from a village named Kothuru, and is the second child of Srinivasarao. Sunil’s father is a tailor who earns $4 a day.

The circumstances of his family are such, that education is not given much priority. In rural areas, parents tend to send their kids to work in order to supplement the family income. This results in children like Sunil dropping out of school and ending up as child laborers.

Sarada Vidyalayam helps such children complete their schooling by providing them with free education. The school also helps students by giving them free uniforms, lunch, medicines, books etc. With your assistance, we have been able to provide Sunil with a set of two uniforms.

Thank you Amy, for helping Sunil. He proudly wears his uniform to school.

Simgarapu Atchayamma is a 75 year old widow living with her daughter in the village of  Pithapuram in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She has also 3 sons who has married and living with their families. Since she was blind in both eyes due to cataracts she found it was difficult for to manage her own needs. Under such conditions she became a burden to her daughter and very depressed. She couldn’t afford to pay for her cataract surgery.

Your donation, Vinod, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to perform the cataract surgery using intraocular transplants on Atchyamma. The donation also covers the cost of post-operative medication, transportation to and from the hospital and two follow up visits. Thank you Vinod, for your kindness. Now Atchayamma can manage her own needs and live together happily with her daughter.

Sixty five year old, Gampa Ammaji, lives with her husband, Apparao, in the village Pithapuram in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She developed cataracts in both eyes, which left her virtually blind. She could not mange her own needs, and was dependent on others for everything. Her husband is a farm laborer and couldn’t afford to pay for her cataract surgery.

Your donation, Felix, enabled the Sankurathri Foundation, to perform cataract surgery on Ammaji. In addition to the cost of the intraoccular lens, the donation covers the cost of post operative medication, and transportation to and from the village, including for two follow up visits.

Thank you, Felix, for restoring vision to Ammaji, and for giving back her lost dignity.