Seventy five year old Chelluri Satyavathi lives in the village of Pithapuram in coastal Andhra Pradesh. Her husband,  Venkatanadham, died 2 years ago due to some health problem, and since then she has been working as a daily laborer to make ends meet. On a good day, she earns $ 3, which is sufficient to meet her basic needs.  She has one son who has married and living with his wife and children, but Satyavathi does not live with them.

Over the last few months, Satyavathi noticed that her vision was going down. This was proving to be a big problem, because she was not always able to find work. Your donation, Ravi, made it possible for Sankurathri Foundation to provide her with a pair of glasses. Now she can remain self-sufficient, and not have to depend on her son to provide for her.

Thank you, Ravi, for your kindness.

Sixty year old Appayamma is a widow living in the village of Kondevaram. She has three daughters and one son. Appayamma lives with her son. She is helpless and works as a daily laborer to make her living. On days when she finds work, she earns about $ 2 a day. 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, Matthew, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a pair of glasses to Appayamma. Thank you for your kindness. With your help Appayamma can look after herself now and live with dignity in her old age.

Bathula Nookalamma is a 65 year old widow from Kandakuduru village in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She has 3 sons who are married and living with their families and one daughter who died in a road accident. She lives alone, and survives on the $ 2 per day that she earns when she finds work. Till last year, she was able to manage her own chores at home. But slowly her vision has dropped, making her dependent on other people even for basic things.

Though she needed corrective glasses, she could not afford them because of her economic situation. Your donation, Matthew, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide her with a pair of glasses. Thank you, Matthew, for helping Nookalamma can see better.

Sixty year old Manisetti Narayanamma is a widow living in the village of Vulapalli with her two sons. She has a daughter who is married and living with her husband. For the last few months, she has been depressed because she her vision has been going down in both eyes, because of which she could not manage her chores at home.

Your donation, Ketan, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide her with a pair of corrective glasses that she needs. Now she can see better, and feels she can make herself useful at home. Thank you, Ketan, for your kindness.

Tarala Bhavani is a sixty year old widow from Navakondavaram in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She has three sons and one daughter, and lives with her sons and their families. 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.

She attended a free eye screening camp conducted by the Sankurathri Foundation in Pithapuram and after a thorough eye examination it was found that she needed corrective glasses for her to be able to see well. Since she is not an earning member of the family, she said that she would not be able to purchase a pair of glasses. Your donation, Bela, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a pair of glasses to Bhavani.

Thank you, Bela, for helping her to see better.

Sixty five year old Jyothula Venkata Ratnam is a widow living in the village Pithapuram in coastal Andhra Pradesh. Her husband Veeraraju died three years ago due to heart attack. She has three sons and one daughter. Venkata Ratnam is helpless and works as a daily laborer to make her living. She earns about $ 2 a day when she finds work. For the last few months, however, she has not been able to find work, because her vision was going down.

At that time she came to know about Sankurathri Foundation, and after a complete eye checkup, was prescribed a pair of glasses for better vision. Through your generous donation, the Butson Family, she was provided a pair of corrective glasses.

Thank you for your kindness. Now Venkata Ratnam can look after herself, and continue living with dignity.

Eight year old Raju is the second child of an electrician in Penumarthi Village. Raju’s father supports his wife and three children on a salary of $100 a month. Families like Raju’s don’t place much importance on education. Boys and girls are sent to work in order to supplement the family income, and they end up as child laborers. Sarada Vidyalayam is a school that provides free education to such children.

Raju is now studying in Grade 3 at Sarada Vidyalayam. He is benefitted by the strict curriculum, and the high quality of education. The school also teaches the students discipline, and moral values in order to groom them to be good citizens of the society.

Your donation of two sets of school uniforms, Mark and Lisbeth, will ensure that Raju will come to school with pride for the next academic year. Thank you, Mark and Lisbeth, for creating a bright future for Raju by enabling him to go to school.

Seventy year old Seelam Chandravathi is a widow who lives in Puttakonda village 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.

Chandravathi attended a free eye screening camp, where it was found that she required corrective glasses. Since she could not afford to purchase them herself, your donation, Katherine, was used to provide her with a free pair of glasses.

Thank you Katherine, for helping Chandravathi to see better. She can now help her daughter-in-law with the housework and feel useful.

Sixty years old Gortha Mahalakshmi is a resident of Arthapuram in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She is living with her husband Veeraraju who is working as a farm laborer. Her husband earns $ 3 a day when he has work. She has 2 daughters who are both married and living with their families.

Mahalakshmi has developed cataracts in both eyes and though she could not afford the operation, Sankurathri Foundation performed the surgery on her. Following the operation, she still needed corrective glasses, and your generosity, Katherine, made it possible for Sankurathri Foundation to provide her with a pair.

Thank you Katherine, for your kindness. Because of you, the smile is back on Mahalakshmi’s face.

Fifty-five year old Randi Pyditalli is a widow living with her son’s family in the village of Mangiturthi in coastal Andhra Pradesh. Her husband died 3 years ago due to some post operative complications. Ever since the time Pyditalli has been dependent on her son who is a mason in the village. As there is no work in the village he commutes to nearby place look for work. His daily wages are $ 4 when he is able to find work, which is not very often.

Pyditalli’s vision has been going down for a long time, but she hesitated visiting an optician, because she could not afford to buy new glasses. Your donation, Pradeep, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a pair of glasses for Pyditalli. Thank you, for enabling her to see better.