Urmila is the daughter of  Satyanarayanam and she studies in grade 3 at the free school run by Sankurathri Foundation in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She is a cheerful student, and her smile hides the poverty striken background that she comes from. Realizing that education is the only chance that Urmila has to escape from the cycle of poverty, her parents ensure that she goes to school regularly. She is always neat and tidy, and takes care of her personal hygiene.

With your donation, Gail, Urmila has been given a set of two school uniforms, which she wears with pride.

Thank you for your generosity.

Sixty five year old Mallamma is a widow living in the village of Mamidada. She has two sons and one daughter, all of whom are married. Mallamma is helpless and working as a daily laborer  to make  her living and she earns about $ 2 a  day. But since few months she was depressed as she noticed defective vision in her both eyes and she could not go to work. She also has  no money for medical checkup. At that time she came to know about Sankurathri foundation and visited us. Here she had complete eye checkup and finally she was advised glasses for better vision.

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

Sixty seven year old Turelli Nagamma is a resident of Tosipalli village in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She is a widow and lives with her son. 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.

She attended a free eye screening camp conducted by Sankurathri Foundation and after a thorough eye examination it was found that she needs corrective glasses for her to see well. Since she is not an earning member of the family, she said she could not afford to buy a pair.

Your donation, Anup, made it possible to provide her with a pair of glasses. Thank you, for helping Nagamma see better.

Dear Casey,

Sixty year old Veera Papa Reddy is a widow who lives in the village of Kadakuduru in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She has no sources of income, and is dependent on her two sons for support. Her eyesight has been going down for sometime, and at an eyecamp, it was detected that she had early cataracts in both eyes. But she doesn’t need operation at this stage and her vision can be improved with glasses for some time.

Your donation, Casey, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a pair of glasses to Veera Papa. Thank you for restoring the vision of an old lady.

Katta Narayanamma, 65 years female is living in the village of Peddada. Her husband Narayudu  is a daily farm laborer and earns $ 3 a day. This work he may not have every day, but it is seasonal. They have one daughter and one son who are married and living with her families. But Narayanamma and her husband live separately with out depending on their children. Narayanamma became depressed as she noticed defective vision in her both eyes and she could not do any work at home. She also has  no money for medical checkup. At that time she came to know about Sankurathri foundation and visited us. Here she had complete free eye checkup and finally she was advised glasses for better vision. Knowing her economic condition we have provided her a pair of glasses with your kind donation.

Thank you Casey for your kindness. With your help Narayanamma can look after herself now and live indignity during her old age.

Seelam Surya Kantham, 65 year old widow from Domada village is living with his son. 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.

She attended our eye screening camp at Mamidada and after a thorough eye examination it was found that she needs corrective spectacles for her to see well. Manikyam was already operated for Cataracts in both eyes and after operation they gave her a pair of spectacles for better vision. Last year she broke her spectacles and did not buy again as she doesn’t have enough money.  When we mentioned her about the price of the spectacles she said that she has no money as she is not an earning member. Based on her economic condition we have provided a pair of spectacle to her because of your donation.

Thank you Casey for helping Surya Kantham to see better in her old age.

Nakka Suramma, 65 years old widow is living with her younger son in the village of Peddada. Her husband Late Veeranna died three years ago due to some unexpected illness. She has two sons who is married and living in the same village. Suramma is able to work as a daily laborer  to make  her living and she earns about $ 3 a  day. But since last few months she was depressed as she noticed defective vision in her both eyes and she could not go to work. She also has  no money for medical checkup. At that time she came to know about Sankurathri foundation and visited us. Here she had complete free eye checkup and finally she was advised glasses for better vision. Knowing her economic condition we have provided her a pair of glasses with your kind donation.

Thank you Kalyana for your kindness. With your help Suramma can look after herself now and living dignity in her old age.

Sixty year old Mangayamma is a resident of  Pedapudi village in Andhra Pradesh. She is the widow of the late Satyam, and is dependent on her son for support. Her eyesight has been going down for the past year, but she was afraid to go for a check up because she realized she did not have any money to correct the problem.

She was finally persuaded to attend a free eye camp conducted by Sankurathri Foundation, where it was found that she needed corrective glasses. Your donation, Heather, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide her with a pair of glasses.

Thank you for enabling Mangayamma to see better.

Cataract blindness is very common among poor people living in rural areas. There are no ophthalmologists in the rural areas and because of this reason coupled with poverty several thousands of poor people are remaining blind because of unoperated cataracts. To help such people to become active people in the society we have designed community outreach program where we, at Sankurathri Foundation, take the eye care to the door steps of the needy and poor in rural and remote areas.

Under this program we medical team visits a place and conducts free eye examinations to all the people attend those screening camps. All minor ailments are provided with treatment there at the camp site. If anyone requires cataract surgery we advise them and if they are willing we perform all the preoperative testing to verify their suitability for cataract surgery. If they are suitable we advise them to opt for cataract surgery and if the patient is willing we provide the transportation to them the same day to come to base hospital for surgery. At the base hospital we provide all the preoperative testing, food, accommodation, medicines during surgery, Intraocular lens, post operative medications and transportation back to their village free of cost to the patient. In addition, we also provide transportation to the two postoperative visits to all the patients.

With your donation we could restore eye sight to Mrs. Geddada Atchiyamma, 65 year old living with her husband in a village Kumarapuram. Her husband Surya Rao is heart patient and unable to work. They have two daughters and one son. As he is not earning they are dependent on their son. As she was blind in both the eyes due to cataracts she found it was difficult for her to manage her own needs.  Under such conditions she became a burden to her son’s family and very depressed. Her son is a farm laborer and couldn’t afford to pay for her cataract surgery. Because of her economic condition we have performed Cataract surgery free of cost to her. Now she can see better with your help and happy to be able to do her chores and also ready to help her son’s family at home. You are instrumental in restoring her dignity and self confidence.

Thank you Mark and Lynn for making a difference in Atchiyamma’s life