Sixty-five year old, Appayamma lives with her husband in the village of Pourupaka, 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 Appayamma 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, Appayamma 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!

Sixty year old, Janakamma, hails from the village of Vemulavada, in coastal Andhra Pradesh.

She is a widow and lives with her younger son and his family, since her health is not too good. She has three children and the son with whom she lives works as a carpenter on daily wages and earns only on the days that he finds work.  In a lucky month, he earns up to $90, which can only meet their most basic needs. Janakamma, herself does not work anymore because of her failing health.

Janakamma however, helped with small household chores like buying and cleaning groceries etc., just so she stays busy and is also of help around the house. But lately, she had noticed that her vision had become extremely blurry and she was finding it difficult to do any work.

Her son 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, Janakamma could not afford to buy one and knew her son would not be able to, either.

Your generous donation, Susan, 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-five year old, Veeraraju`lives with his wife in the village of Biccavolu, in coastal Andhra Pradesh. Both, he and his wife work in the nearby village as agricultural laborers and together, they earn up to $110 a month.

His wife has poor health and she needs frequent medical attention. This causes immense financial hardships on him, as all their savings get depleted in this manner. In spite of having seven children, not one of them offers to help them financially or even take care of them.

Lately, Veeraraju was not able to work everyday because of his failing vision. He knew that, if this continued they would soon have to turn to their children for help. He decided to go for a complete medical examination and was told to buy a pair of corrective glasses, to correct his vision.With no savings, he could not afford to buy one.

Your generous donation, Jennifer, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide him a pair of glasses with which he can now see clearly.

He is very happy and thankful to you, for this gift!

Seventy-five year old, Venkanna, hails from the village of Vulapalli, in coastal Andhra Pradesh.

He is a widower and lives with his younger son and his family, since his health is not too good. He has three children and the son with whom he lives, works as a carpenter on daily wages and earns only on the days that he finds work.  In a lucky month, he earns up to $120, which can only meet their most basic needs. Venkanna, himself does not work anymore because of his failing health.

Venkanna however, helped with small household chores like buying and cleaning groceries etc., just so he stays busy and is also of help around the house. But lately, he had noticed that his vision had become extremely blurry and he was finding it difficult to do any work, himself.

His son escorted him to the nearby clinic run by Sankurathri Foundation and after a complete eye-examination, it was found that he needed corrective glasses to see clearly. With no income of his own, Venkanna could not afford to buy one and knew his son would not be able to, either.

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

Thank you so much, for this gift!

Sixty-five year old Satyavathi hails from the village of Pedapudi, in coastal Andhra Pradesh. Her husband passed away two years ago and ever since she has been living alone here.

She has three daughters who are married and settled. But she doesn’t like to live with any of them and decided to live alone. She works as a housemaid to support her own needs and earns about $50 a month, which is just enough to meet her most basic needs.

Since the last six months, she noticed that her vision was diminishing slowly and she was worried. One of her neighbor suggested that she should go to free eye screening camp organised in her village. In the camp she was advised to wear corrective spectacles to improve her vision. As she didn’t have enough money, she said she could not buy one.

Your generous donation, Jennifer, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide Satyavathi a pair of glasses with which she can see very clearly.

Thank you so much, for this gift!

Seventy year old, Veeramma, is an old widow living with her son, in the village of Vemulavada, in coastal Andhra Pradesh. Her son, who is a mason working in a Construction Company barely earns about $5 a day, which does not suffice to meet the most basic needs of his family.

Veeramma, who was quite independent herself, helped around the house with the chores and could also take care of her needs. A year back, she developed a cataract problem in both her eyes, rendering her almost blind.

Under such circumstances, she could not do her basic chores nor help around the house. She knew she would become a burden on her son’s family, if this continued but did not know what to do about it. Her condition depressed her a lot and she finally decided to confide in her son and ask him to accompany her, to the nearest hospital.

She knew this would involve medical and traveling expenses but had no choice, but to depend on her son. After a complete eye-examination, she was informed about her cataract with needed to be operated soon, for her vision to be restored. She confessed to the Doctors at Sankurathri, that she did not have any savings and could not burden her son further, as she knew he was in no position to pay for her surgery.

Your generous donation, Elizabeth, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to bear the cost of Veeramma’s cataract surgery and also cover the cost of her transportation and two post-surgery visits to the Doctor.

Thanks to your support, she can now see clearly and is very happy to be of help in the house. Your timely help not only bailed her out financially but also helped restore her dignity and self-confidence.

Thank you, Elizabeth, for helping Veeramma, restore her vision and enjoy the remaining years of her life!

Sixty-five year old, Appa Rao, lives alone in the village of Tanumalla, in coastal Andhra Pradesh. In spite of having four sons, he lives alone with no one to care for him. All his children abandoned him because of his partial blindness.

He works as an agricultural laborer, to meet his most basic needs, earning up to $4 a day, only on the days that he finds work and is struggling to make ends meet.

He had developed  a cataract problem a few years ago and had got one eye operated and now it was the second eye that was giving him trouble. But this time, he knew he was in no position to pay for a surgery if the need arises and his sons would turn their backs on him. He was scared to even go and get his eyes examined as he knew it would be expensive for him.

At the same time, Sankuarthri Foundation was organizing  a free eye-camp in his village and he decided to make the most of this opportunity and went in to get his eyes examined. After a complete eye-examination, he was informed about his cataract with needed to be operated soon, for his vision to be restored. He confessed to the Doctors at Sankurathri, that he did not have any savings and could not rely on any of his children to pay for him, either.

Your generous donation, Elizabeth, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to bear the cost of Appa Rao’s cataract surgery and also cover the cost of his transportation and two post-surgery visits to the Doctor.

Thanks to your support, he can now see clearly and is very happy that he didn’t have to turn to his children for help. Your timely help not only bailed him out financially but also helped restore his dignity and self-confidence.

Thank you, Elizabeth for helping Appa Rao, restore his vision and enjoy the remaining years of his life!

Kada Govindu is a 75 year old farm laborer who lives in the village of Vulapalli, and earns about $ 90 per month. The sum is barely enough to meet the needs of him and his wife. With that money he and his wife are living in the village Vulapalli.  They have 2 daughters and 1 son, all of whom live far away from the village.

Kada Govindu has been suffering from cataract blindness for the last 18 months. His problem was identified at an eye camp that Sankurathri Foundation conducted in his area. Since Govindu was willing to arrange for his own transportation, he was brought back to the base hospital on the same day where he was provided all the preoperative testing, food, accommodation, medicines during surgery. After the Intraocular transplant, he was given post operative medications and transportation back to his village.

Your donation, Benjamin, has not only covered the entire cost of Govindu’s surgery, it will cover the cost of two follow up visits to the hospital, and will take care of the cost of prescription glasses if required.

Thank you, Benjamin, for bringing light back into Govindu’s life.

Sixty-three year old, Mariyamma, lives in the village of Anaparthi, in coastal Andhra Pradesh. Ever since her husband died in a train accident, she has been living with her only daughter and her family.

Even though her daughter doesn’t treat her well she has no choice except to stay with her.

Mariyamma’s eye sight had diminished significantly for the last one year but she could not go to consult an eye doctor. Her daughter was no help at all.

She realized that not getting her eyes treated would only make her more dependent on her daughter and so, she decided to go for a complete check-up and it was found that she needed corrective glasses to be able to see clearly.

With no income or savings, she confessed not having enough money to buy glasses. Seeing her poor economic condition, Sankurathri Foundation provided her a pair of glasses.

Your generous donation, Elizabeth, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to bear the cost of her glasses. Thanks to that, she can now see clearly and is very grateful to you for your support.

Thank you, Elizabeth, for helping Mariyamma, thereby restore her self confidence.

Sixty-five year old, Rajamma, hails from the village of Biccavolu, in coastal Andhra Pradesh. She has three children but no one to look after her, in her old-age. So she stays alone and makes a living by begging. On a lucky day, she earns $1 a day and she some how manages to live like that.

In an eye screening camp, organized by Sankurathri Foundation in her village, she was identified as having developed a cataract and was already operated. But she needed corrective glasses for her to be able to see clearly. When she was told about the price of the glasses, she said that she has no money as she earns only by begging. Based on her economic condition, Sankurathri Foundation provided her a pair of glasses.

Your generous donation, Elizabeth, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to bear the cost of her glasses. Thanks to that, she can now see clearly and is very grateful to you for your support.

Thank you, Elizabeth, for making a big difference in Rajamma’s life.