Dear Vijendher,

Nine year old, Prasad is studying in the 4th grade in a rural primary school in Vemulavada, in coastal Andhra Pradesh. His father was a farmer, who passed awaythree years ago because of his alcohol problem. Prasad is now being looked after only by his mother, Bullemma, who works as a domestic servant and earns $ 30 per month. With that income, she also has to support two other daughters who are older than Prasad.

Prasad, who is a good student started complaining to his teachers about his blurry vision. The teacher referred Prasad to the eye hospital, run by Sankurathri Foundation. After a complete eye-examination, it was found that Prasad needed corrective glasses, to be able to see clearly. Knowing his family background and his mother’s plight, Prasad was provided a pair of glasses by Sankurathri Foundation.

Your generous donation, Vijendher, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide Prasad a pair of glasses, with which he can now see clearly and can also perform better in school.

Thank you, Vijendher for your thpughtful gift of glasses to  Prasad!

Eight year old Nagalakshmi is studying in grade 2 in Sarada Vidyaayam. Her father, Bhadram, works as a mason in the village of Penumarthi, in coastal Andhra Pradesh. He barely earns enough to support the needs of his family.

She lives with her parents, grandmother and an older brother. When compared to other students Nagalakshmi is one of the active children in her class. Recently, Nagalakshmi had been rubbing her eyes and complaining about frequent headaches.Teachers referred her to the eye hospital for a complete eye examination.

She was found to have a poor vision and was asked to wear corrective glasses. When her father was informed, he was not prepared to pay for a medical expense and had no savings either.

Your generous donation, Jamie, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to buy her a pair of glasses. She is thrilled to receive this gift from you and promises to work hard and make up for her grades.

Thank you Jamie, for this kind gesture!

Sixty year old Musalaiah and his wife are poor nomads moving from village to village with his flock of ducks.

Musalaiah has seven children, all of whom are married and settled on their own. Musalaiah barely earns $50 a month with which he struggles to make ends meet. They live much below the poverty line and with not much knowledge about poultry, his flock of ducks often fell prey to diseases which needed to be treated. The little that he managed to earn also got spent in paying for such expenses.

They were going through difficult times and to make matters worse, Musalaiah’s vision had started diminishing over the last few years. He was finding it difficult to look after his flock of ducks and realized that he would end up losing his only source of livelihood, if he does not get his eyes examined.

He went for a village eye0camp organized by Sankurathri Foundation and found that he needed corrective glasses. He was asked to buy a pair of glasses which would help him see better but with absolutely no savings in hand, he confessed that he could not afford to buy one.

Your generous donation, Wilma, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide him a pair of glasses.

Thanks to your gift, he can now see very clearly and wanted to personally thank you for this kind gesture.

Thank you, for your support!

Six year old Durgananda lives with his family in the village of Penumarthi, in coastal Andhra Pradesh.

His father is a small-time farmer, who owns half an acre plot of land and earns a meager sum of $100 per month. This amount does not suffice to meet the medical and other basic needs of his three young children and wife.

Like most children in rural areas, Durgananda was also malnourished and survived for days on end on an empty stomach. With their father being a poor marginal farmer, Sankurathri Foundation provides free education to Durgananda and his brothers.

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

Your support comes as a big relief to Durgananda’s parents who can’t thank you enough, for this kind gesture.

Thank you, for making Durgananda a healthy and happy child!

Seventy year old Appa Rao lives with his wife in a village of Panasapadu, in coastal Andhra Pradesh.

He has four children – two sons and two daughters, all of whom are married and live separately with their families. Appa Rao is too old to work and the couple occasionally visit their children and  stay with them every few months.

Since the last one year, Appa Rao’s  vision had diminished considerably but not one of his children volunteered to take him to an eye hospital. During a village outrech camp organized by Sankurathri Foundation, Appa Rao decided to get his eyes examined.

After a complete eye-examination, it was found that he had developed cataract in both his eyes and was almost blind. He was asked to undergo surgery to correct his vision. But none of the children volunteered to get their father operated as they knew it had costs involved. With no source of income, Appa Rao had no money of his own to afford surgery.

Thanks to your generous donation, Laurent, Sankurathri Foundation was able to bear the cost of Appa Rao’s cataract surgery. Post-surgery, he can now see clearly and is very happy that he did not have to plead to hos children for money.  Your donation also covered the cost of two post-operative visits to the doctor and the cost incurred for transportation.

Thank you so much, Laurent for your timely help and support. You are instrumental in restoring his dignity and self confidence.

Dear Wilma,

Six year old Manasa is in first grade in Sarada Vidyalayam. Her father, Prakash works as an agricultural laborer . They live in a joint family which includes Manasa’s grandparents, aunt and her cousins, in the village of Thimmavaram, in coastal Andhra Pradesh.

Manasa’s father earns up to $4 a day which does not suffice to meet the needs of the extended family. Under such circumstances education is never a priority for parents who believe that if the child works instead of going to school, they can bring in a supplementary income.

In order to encourage Manasa to continue her studies, Sankurathri Foundation provides free education to her. Otherwise a bright student, Manasa’s teachers noticed that she had started lagging behind in studies. They also noticed that she kept rubbing her eyes and staring at the blackboard. They decided to get her eyes examined and found that she had poor vision. She needed corrective glasses to be able to see clearly again.

Her father could not afford to pay for this sudden medical expense and sought help from the school authorities. Your generous donation, Wilma, enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide her with a pair of glasses.

Thank you Wilma for helping Manasa see better, thereby helping her improve her grades!

Seventy-five year old Kanthamma is a widow, living alone in a village called Vella, in coastal Andhra Pradesh.

She had two sons who passed away, a few years back. With no family to care for her, it was her neighbors who checked on her well-being.  But since the last one year, her vision had become blurry and she was not able to see properly. At her time of need, she had no family to help her and Kanthamma was very depressed. She knew she was becoming a burden on her neighbors who did all that they could for her.

In a routine eye-camp organized by Sankurathri Foundation, one of her neighbors brought Knathamma to get her eyes examined. After a thorough eye examination it was found that she had developed a cataract problem many years ago which was operated but since she broke her glasses, her eye-sight had become poor.

The doctors recommended  corrective spectacles for her she didn’t have money to buy one.  Based on her economic condition, Sankurathri Foundation has provided her a pair of glasses, with your generous donation, Jamie.

Thank you  Jamie for restoring Kanthamm’s vision because of which she can look after for self again.

Seventy-five year old Naga Raju is a poor farmer and lives with his wife in the village of P.K. Kothagudem. He has  three daughters and two sons but nobody to look after him and his wife.

Struggling to make ends meet, Nagaraju and his wife were managing with the meager income he earned. Lately, he had become very depressed because of his diminishing vision.This hampered his work and he was not able to do even his personal chores which upset him more.

Not wanting to become a burden on his children, he decided to get his eyes checked. When he heard about the Eye Camp, he went  there and got his eyes examined. After his complete eye examination it was established that he needed corrective glasses. . When he was given the prescription for  glasses, he confided that he could not afford to buy one and did not want to ask his son to buy him one either.

It was your generous donation, Virendra that enabled Sankurathri Foundation to provide him with a pair of much-needed glasses. He can now see clearly and is very happy that he can do his chores himself.

Thank you Virendra for this gift that has put a smile to Nagaraju face!

Sixty-five year old, Satyavathi hails from the village of Boinapalli.

Her husband Vegulaiah  died three years ago due to heart attack. She has one daughter who is married and lives separately with her husband.

Satyavathi lives alone and works as a daily laborer  to make  her living, earning about $3 per day. But since the last few months she was depressed about her diminishing vision because of which she could not go to work.

With a meager income, she had no savings and not even enough money to go for an eye-examination. She heard about Sankurathri Foundation which provides glasses and treatment to the needy, with the help of donors and decided to go for a check-up.

After a complete examination, it was established that she needed corrective glasses for better vision. Knowing her economic condition, Sankurathri Foundation provided her a pair of glasses with your kind donation, Jamie.

Thank you Jamie for your kindness. With your help Satyavathi can look after herself now and live with  dignity in her old age.

Seventy five year old Raju lives in a village called Vetlapalem.

He has four children, three daughters and one son, all of whom are married and living on their own. Raju and his wife live alone and are content with the meager salary that he earns.

Raju is a night Watchman by profession and earns just enough to provide for the two of them. Lately, his vision started diminishing, as is the common symptom of ageing. Because of his poor vision, he started finding it difficult to work in the night.

In one of the village outreach camps organized by Sankurathri Foundation, he was identified as having Cataract and was advised to undergo Cataract Surgery to correct his vision. With no source of income of his own, he was unable to pay for his surgery and glasses. But, Sankurathri Foundation decided to perform the surgery free of cost, and  he needed corrective glasses after the Surgery.

Your generous donation, Jamie, covered the cost of glasses while Sankurathri Foundation covered the cost of  post-operative visits to the Hospital. Raju is very happy that he can resume work and support his family again.

Thank you so much  Jamie  for your timely help and support. You are instrumental in restoring Sathi Raju’s self confidence.