Sixty-five year old, Appa Rao, used to work as a daily wage laborer up to last year.

But after meeting with an accident, he had to get his right leg amputated because of which he is not able to work now. He has four children, but he and his wife have chosen to live with their oldest son and his family.

Up to last year he was able to manage his own personal chores but soon started complaining about his failing eye sight. His wife accompanied him to an eye hospital for a check-up. After a thorough eye-examination, it was found that he needed corrective glasses, to see well. When he was told about the price of the glasses, he said that he had no money as he was not working any lonegr. Seeing his plight, Sankurathri Foundation, provided her a pair of glasses.

Your generous donation, Elizabeth, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a pair of much-needed glasses to Appa Rao, with which he can now see clearly.

Thank you,Elizabeth, for you kind gesture that has made a big difference in Appa Rao§s life!

Sixty-two year old, Moolamma, is an old widow. She hails from the village of Biccavolu, in coastal Andhra Pradesh and has two sons and one daughter.

But, she lives with her eldest son and his family. Not wanting to burden her son, she took up work as a housemaid and earns about $ 1 per day. Although not much, she was happy that she earned at least to cover her own little expenses.

But lately, she noticed that he vision had become blurry and was slowly diminishing. She found it difficult to work or even do her personal chores. She decided to get her eyes examined.

After a thorough eye-examination, it was found that she needed corrective glasses, for her to see well. When she was told about the price of the glasses, she said that she has to ask her son and she was not sure if he would give any money. Seeing her plight, Sankurathri Foundation, provided her a pair of glasses.

Your generous donation, Elizabeth, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a pair of much-needed glasses to Moolamma, with which she can now see clearly.

Thank you,Elizabeth, for you kind gesture that has made a big difference in Moolamma§s life!

Sixty-seven year old, Surya works as an Agricultural laborer, in the village of Biccavolu, in coastal Andhra Pradesh. His wife passed away, two years ago due to some unidentified illness and ever since he has been living with his son’s family.

He also has three other daughters who are married and settled. He earns up to $4 per day, although not much, Surya was happy that he was not completely dependent on his son.

For the last two months, Surya noticed that his vision was diminishing and he could not even differentiate between people. This started affecting his work and he knew that if he stopped working, his son would have to pay for his expenses, as well.

At the same time, Sankurathri Foundation was organizing a free eye-camp, in his village and he made the most of it and went for a complete eye check-up. It was here that he was diagnosed with a problem of refractive error and was advised to buy glasses for better vision. He confessed that he did not have much money left to buy a pair of glasses.

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

Your support, Elizabeth, comes as a big relief to Surya, who can be independent once again!

Sixty-seven year old, Venkanna, works as washer man in the village  of Kothuru, in coastal Andhra Pradesh.

He had two sons but both died because of two different reasons. Now, Venkanna and his wife, live together and they both work to support their needs. Their combined earnings range from $ 3 – 5 per day. But since the last six months, Venkanna could not work effectively because of his failing eye sight. This put much strain on his wife, who became the sole earning member.

At the same time, Sankurathri Foundation was organizing a free eye-camp, in his village and he made the most of it and went for a complete eye check-up. It was here that he was diagnosed with a problem of refractive error and was advised to buy glasses for better vision. He confessed that he did not have much money left to buy a pair of glasses.

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

He is very excited and is keen on getting back to work. Your support, Elizabeth, comes as a big relief to Venkanna and he can’t thank you enough for this gesture!

Sixty-seven year old, Adiyamma, is an old widow living with her son, in the village of Routhulapudi, in coastal Andhra Pradesh.

Her son provides for the entire family and barely earns enough to meet their most basic needs. Up to last year, Adiyamma was able to manage her own chores at home and also help her daughter-in-law with domestic work. But slowly her vision started diminishing and she found it difficult to manage her own personal chores at home, and was very depressed.

She attended the eye screening camp in her village, organized by Sankurathri Foundation and after a thorough eye examination, was found to have developed a high number and was advised to wear corrective glasses.

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

Thank you so much, Elizabeth, for this kind gesture!

Sixty year old, Ramulu, works as an agricultural laborer, to earn a living. He lives with his wife, who also works as a laborer, just like him. They hail from the village of Biccavolu, in coastal Andhra Pradesh.

A few months ago, Ramulu met with an accident in which he broke his left leg and ever since, he has been out of work and had to depend on his wife’s income. This put much strain on her to earn enough to meet their needs.

Ramulu, who had poor vision, also broke his glasses in the accident. With the sudden increase in expenses because of treatment and medicines, they had depleted their savings and had no money left, to buy him a new pair of glasses.

Your generous donation, Elizabeth, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide a pair of much-needed glasses to Ramulu, with which he can now see clearly.

Thank you, Elizabeth, for this thoughtful gift!

Sixty year old Pydaiah, is a fisherman by profession. He hails from the village of Biccavolu, in coastal Andhra Pradesh. He has four children, all of whom live separately with their families and he lives with his wife.

He works to earn and support their needs. He barely earns about $3-5 each day, which just about suffices to meet their most basic needs.

Lately, his vision had started diminishing and he was not able to hook the bait or fish, properly. He knew his vision was becoming blurry and this needed to be examined.

After a complete eye-examination, it was proved that he needed corrective glasses. But with not enough money saved for such medical emergencies, he could not afford  apair of glasses, right away.

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

Thank you, Elizabeth, for this thoughtful gift!

Fifty-seven year old, Satyanarayana, lives with his wife in the village of Biccavolu, in coastal Andhra Pradesh.

Satayanarayana was a driver by profession but because of his poor vision, he had to quit driving and take up a job as a watchman. But he couldn’t work in this role as well, because of his cataract problem.

In spite of having three children, he lives alone with his wife, with no one to care for them. He got one eye operated two years ago but it was of no use and he became almost blind in one eye. He then developed  a cataract in the second eye too, after which he became very dependent on his wife, even for his most personal chores.

Upset about his condition, he attended the eye camp, organized by Sankurathri Foundation and was identified as having cataract. He was asked to undergo surgery but with absolutely no savings, he could not afford surgery and he knew his children would not pay for it, either.

Sankurathri Foundation performed a surgery, free of cost for him, after which he needed to wear corrective glasses.

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

He is very happy that he didn’t have to plead to his children for help and is very thankful to you.

Thank you, Elizabeth, f0r your timely help!

Eight year old, Syam Kumar, is the older child of Mr.Venkata Ramana, who is a Carpenter by profession. They hail  from the village of Penumarthi, in coastal Andhra Pradesh. His father makes reasonable amount of money when he finds work but he doesn’t make any money, on other days.  On an average, he earns about $90 per month. With such meager income, he finds it difficult to support his family and his mother.

The children were malnourished and on a hungry stomach, Syam could not concentrate on his studies when he started schooling.

Your generous donation, Laurent, has made it possible for Sankurathri Foundation to provide a year of nutritious lunches comprising of rice, lentils, leafy vegetables and clarified butter to Syam. He will also be given a glass of milk in the afternoon. With these two food supplements, Syam will become healthy and active. He will also be able to perform well in his studies.

Thank you, Laurent, for your support and for providing a year of lunches for Syam.

Ten year old, Akhil, is the youngest of three children. His father, Raju, was killed in a road accident, ever since, his mother struggles to bring up her children, single handedly.

Akhil’s mother works as a housemaid and barely earns enough to meet their most basic needs. She can’t afford to pay for the school fee or any other additional expenses of her children. Sankurathri Foundation provides free education to Akhil and he is currently studying in the 4th grade at Sarada Vidyalayam, a school run by Sankurathi.

Under such difficult circumstances, education is never a priority for parents and they believe that sending a child to school will at least ensure a supplementary income.

Thus there are many children in the rural areas who drop out of school and work to support their needs. Sarada Vidyalayam, helps children to complete their education without any financial burden to their parents.

The school maintains a very strict curriculum and provides quality education. By imparting discipline and values, they groom children to become responsible citizens.

Your generous donation, Laurent will enable Sankurathri Foundation to provide him a set of two uniforms, so that he can attend school in clean uniforms.

Thank you, Laurent, for this gift!