Fifty-eight year old, Parvathy, hails from the village of Kovvada, in coastal Andhra Pradesh and is living with her husband Brahmam, who is a carpenter by profession. Her husband earns $ 120 per month, which is just enough to meet their most basic needs.

Parvathy kept herself busy with the household chores. But when she suddenly realized that her vision was diminishing, she became very depressed.  At that time, Sankurathri foundation was organizing a free eye camp in her village, where she had a complete eye checkup done and was advised to undergo cataract surgery. With no income or savings of her own, she could not afford the surgery costs and hence, was operated free of cost, by Sankurathri Foundation

Post-surgery she needed a pair of corrective glasses, which Sankurathri was able to provide only because of your generous donation, Jennifer.

Thank you, Jennifer, for your kindness. With your help, Parvathy can now see better.

Seventy-two year old, Paparao hails from the village of Pedapudi, in coastal Andhra Pradesh. He lives here, with his wife and works as a farm laborer to support their needs. He earns up to $90 a month, which is barely enough to meet their basic needs.

Although they have four children – three daughters and one son, the couple live separately from them as they do not want to depend on their children. They take pride in their independence and want to continue living like that, for as long as possible.

But when Paparao suddenly realized that his vision was diminishing, he became very depressed as he couldn’t go to work.  At that time, Sankurathri foundation was organizing a free eye camp in his village, where he had a complete eye checkup done and was advised to undergo cataract surgery. With no income or savings of his own, he could not afford the surgery costs and hence, was operated free of cost, by Sankurathri Foundation

Post-surgery he needed a pair of corrective glasses, which Sankurathri was able to provide only because of your generous donation, Jennifer.

Thank you, Jennifer, for your kindness. With your help, Paparao can now see better and looks forward to resuming work.

Eighty year old, Lovaraju hails from the village of Pedapudi, in coastal Andhra Pradesh. He is an old widower and lives with son and his family.

In spite of having four children, he chose to live with his eldest son, who works as a laborer in the construction industry and earns about $ 150 per month. With this money, Lovaraju’s son has to support not just his father but also, his wife and own children.

Lovaraju needs frequent medical attention which proves to be very expensive for his son but he still does all he can to look after his father well. When Lovaraju complained about dimness and blurry vision, his son accompanied him to the hospital run by Sankurathri Foundation, where he under-went a complete eye-examination. He was advised to wear a pair of corrective glasses, which Lovaraju’s son had no money for.

Your generous donation, Michelle, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide Lovaraju a pair of glasses with which he can see clearly now and is very happy.

Thank you, Michelle, for your kindness. With your help, Lovaraju can look after himself and your support comes as a big relief to his son!

Fifty year old, Kantham, hails from the village of Mamidada, in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She has three children – two sons and one daughter. Her husband works as a carpenter and earns $50 a month. This does not suffice to meet their medical expenses.

Their sons abandoned them and refused to help them in any way because of which they are now living with their daughter and her family.

Kantham and her husband are thus, dependent on their daughter. Kantham helps her daughter in domestic work and cooking but was unable to do so since the last six months. She was depressed as she noticed defective vision in both her eyes and could not do her own work at home. She also had  no money for a medical checkup. At that time, Sankurathri foundation was organizing a free eye camp in her village, where she had a complete eye checkup done and was advised glasses for better vision. With no income or savings of her own, she could not afford to buy one.

Your generous donation, Michelle, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide her a pair of glasses with which she can see clearly now and is very happy.

Thank you, Michelle, for your kindness. With your help, Kantham can look after herself now.

Fifty-six year old, Venkayamma hails from the village of Peddada, in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She is a widow and lives with her son and his family, here.

Venkayamma has four daughters and one son. She tries to help her daughter in law with the domestic chores but was unable to do so since the last two months.

She was depressed as she noticed defective vision in both her eyes and she could not do her own work at home. She also had  no money for a medical checkup. At that time, Sankurathri foundation was organizing a free eye camp in her village, where she had a complete eye checkup done and was advised glasses for better vision. With no income or savings of her own, she could not afford to buy one.

Your generous donation, Michelle, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide her a pair of glasses with which she can see clearly now and is very happy.

Thank you, Michelle, for your kindness. With your help, Venkayamma can look after herself now.

Sixty year old, Sitaratnam hails from the village of Mamidada, in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She and her husband live with their second son and his family. Her husband, who is 70 years old, does not work anymore because of his ill health.

So they are dependent on their son, who is a carpenter and earns about $120 per month. With this amount, Sitaratnam’s son has to manage the entire household, along with supporting his parents and his own wife and two children.

Sitaratnam assists her daughter-in-law in domestic chores and she also looks after her grand children. But since the last one year, Sitaratnam was finding it difficult to work because of her poor vision. When she went to the eye screening camp, organized by Sankurathri Foundation,  she advised to wear corrective glasses. She and her husband had no source of income or savings of their own and she did not want to burden her son, with an additional expense.

Your generous donation, Rany, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide her a pair of glasses with which she can see clearly now and is very happy.

Thank you so much, for this gift!

Fifty-two year old, Lakshmi hails from the village of Puttakonda, in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She and her husband, live with their only son, here.

Lakshmi’s husband used to work as a watchman but he is out of work because of his ill health. As a result, the elderly couple are living with their son who is a mason and earns $4 a day. The couple also have two other daughters who are married and live separately with their families.

Lakshmi suddenly noticed her vision was diminishing and went to the Hospital to get her eyes examined. After a complete examination, she was advised to wear a pair of corrective glasses. With no income of her own, Lakshmi could not afford to buy one and knew her son had no savings either.

Your generous donation, Michael, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide her a pair of glasses with which she can see clearly now and is very happy.

Thank you so much, for this gift!

Sixty year old, Apparao is a poor farmer living in a village called Biccavolu, in coastal Andhra Pradesh. He has two children and both are living far away from him. Apparao and his wife live in the same village and together, they earn up to $90 per month, with which they have to meet all the expenses.

He went to the eye hospital complaining of headache and poor vision. After a complete eye examination, it was established that he needs glasses to correct his poor vision.  Because of his strain he was getting frequently headaches. When the prescription was given to him he expressed his inability to buy glasses.

Your generous donation, James, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide Apparao, a pair of glasses with which he can see clearly now and is very happy.

Thank you, James, for your kindness. With your help, Apparaao can look after himself now.

Sixty-two year old,  Subhadramma, lives in the village of Vemulavada, in coastal Andhra Pradesh. Her husband Veeranna died three years ago due to unknown illness. She has two daughters who are married and living with their husbands. She also two sons and she is living with her elder son.  He is a mason and earns $90 per month.

Since the last few months, she was depressed as she noticed defective vision in both her eyes and she could not do her own work at home. She also had  no money for a medical checkup. At that time, Sankurathri foundation was organizing a free eye camp in her village, where she had a complete eye checkup done and was advised glasses for better vision. With no income or savings of her own, she could not afford to buy one.

Your generous donation, James, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide her a pair of glasses with which she can see clearly now and is very happy.

Thank you, James, for your kindness. With your help, Subhadramma can look after herself now.

Sixty-five year old, Dhana Lakshmi lives with her husband in the village of Modekurru, in coastal Andhra Pradesh.

Her husband works as a farm laborer and earns up to $80, in a lucky month. That hardly suffices to meet their basic needs and medical expenses.

Though Dhana Lakshmi does not work and earn, she manages the entire household and keeps herself busy. But lately, she had noticed that her vision had become extremely blurry and she was finding it difficult to do any work.

Her husband escorted her to the nearby clinic run by Sankurathri Foundation and after a complete eye-examination, it was found that she needed corrective glasses to see clearly. With no income of her own, Dhana Lakshmi could not afford to buy one and knew her husband had no savings either.

Your generous donation, Jennifer, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide her a pair of glasses with which she can see clearly now and is very happy.

Thank you so much, for this gift!