Seven year-old Koppisetty is the second child of Musalaiah, a farm laborer. They live in the village of Kothuru, which is located in the outskirts of coastal Andhra Pradesh, India. Koppisetty is in the second grade at Sarada Vidyalayam, a school run by the Sankurathri Foundation. Her father earns around $2 per day, but because he doesn’t have work every day, his income is not assured. Hence, he struggles to support his family.

Under such circumstances, education is never a priority. Many boys and girls in rural areas such as this become child laborers to help supplement the family’s income. Unfortunately, this leads many to drop out of school. Sarada Vidyalayam is helping such children complete their education without any financial burden to their parents. The school provides not only free education, but also provides free books, uniforms, school bags, a pair of sandals, transportation, nutritious lunch, milk, medical check ups, and medicine to all the children. The school maintains a very strict curriculum, provides quality education and imparts good discipline and values to groom them as good citizens.

With your assistance, Harini, the Sankurathri Foundation is providing Koppisetty with a quality education and saving her from child labor.

Nulukurthi is 60 years old and hails from the village of Valasapakala in coastal Andhra Pradesh, India. He has one daughter and one son, both of whom are married and living with their families. Two years ago, his vision began to decrease substantially.

He attended a free eye screening camp offered by the Sankurathri Foundation in Valasapakala and it was discovered that he needed corrective spectacles for him to see well. When Sankurathri officials mentioned the price of the spectacles he said that he had no money as he does not work. Based on his economic condition, Sankurathri provided him with a pair of spectacles, but this was only possible through your donation.

Thank you, Julie, for helping Nulkurthi to see better.

58 year-old Anasuri is a resident of Valasapakala in coastal Andhra Pradesh, India. She lives with her husband, Subba, who works as a farm laborer. Her husband earns $3 a day when he has work. They have two daughters who live with them.

Anasuri developed cataracts in both eyes and had no money to get operation. She attended a free eye screening camp offered by the Sankurathri Foundation, and after a thorough eye examination, she received cataract surgeries for both eyes free of charge. Afterwards she found that she needed corrective spectacles for her to see well. When Sankurathri officials mentioned the price of the spectacles, Anasuri said she could not afford them. Based on her economic condition, they provided her a pair of spectacles that were funded with your donation.

Thank you Subhash for helping Anasuri get her sight back!

Meidsetti is a 65-year-old widow from Vakalapudi village in rural India. Her husband died in a road accident 15 years back. She has only one son and is living with him and his family. Until 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 worsened.

Meidsetti attended Sankurathri’s free eye screening camp in Valasapakala, and after a thorough eye examination, it was found that she had cataracts in both eyes. They performed cataract surgeries for both eyes free of cost. Afterwards she found that she needed corrective spectacles for her to see well. Due to your generosity, Paris, Sankurathri was able to give her glasses.

Thank you for your kindness. With your help Meidsetti can manage her own chores at home and help to her son’s family.

Cataract blindness is very common among poor people living in rural areas in India. There are no ophthalmologists in these regions and widespread poverty ensures they remain blind due to untreated cataracts. To help such people become active in society, Sankurathri designed a community outreach program in which they take eye care to the door steps of the needy and poor in rural and remote areas.

Under this program, their medical team visits a place and conducts free eye examinations for all the people there. All minor ailments are treated there at the camp site. If anyone requires cataract surgery, Sankurathri representatives advise them and perform all preoperative testing to verify their suitability for cataract surgery. Willing participants are sent transportation to the hospital the same day.

Setti has two sons and she has been living with her son’s family ever since she became a widow thirteen years ago. As she has been a house wife for a long time, she could never go out and earn a living, though she has been helping her son’s family at home. Unfortunately, for the last year she couldn’t work at home because of her poor eye sight. Her son escorted her to Sankurathri’s free eye camp where she received cataract surgery free of cost.

Thank you both for your kindness. Setti is ecstatic to have her vision restored.

Yethula is a 65-year-old widow living in the rural village of Valasapakala, India. Her husband, Ramu, died 12 years ago due to a heart attack. She has two sons and one daughter. Yethula is practically helpless yet works as a daily laborer to make her living — she earns about $2 a day. She became depressed a few months ago when she noticed defective vision in both her eyes and could not go to work. She also had no money for a medical checkup.

She learned about the Sankurathri Foundation around that time and visited them. She received a complete eye checkup from them and was advised glasses for better vision. They provided her with a pair of glasses with your kind donation.

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

78-year-old Venkata’s wife died fifteen years ago and since then he has been living with his eldest son. He also has one more son and two daughters. Ever since he moved to his son’s place, Venkata has not been able to find work, but he helps at home by doing some odd jobs. However, since last year he couldn’t see well because of cataracts in both eyes. When he attended the Sankurathri eye camp in Jagannaikpur, India, they performed cataract surgeries free of cost for him because of his poor condition and your generous donation.

Thank you, Thomas and Cindy, for your generosity. Venkata’s life will change for the better because of this surgery.

70-year-old Kurasa is a poor farm laborer living in the rural village of Prathipadu in southern India. He earns only $2 per day through his work. Kurasa came to Sankurathri’s eye hospital with a complaint of headache and poor vision. After a complete eye examination, it was established that he needed spectacles to correct his poor vision. When the prescription was given to him he expressed his inability to purchase spectacles. As a result, we at Sankurathri have provided a pair of free spectacles to him with your donation.

Thank you for your kindness, Rathessh. Nanaji now has a completely different perspective on life.

Sixty five year old Janga Parvathamma lives in Unduru village. She lives with her husband, Venkata Rao. The couple have two sons and one daughter, all of whom are married and living with their families. Up to last year she was able to manage her own chores at home and also help her husband. But slowly her vision has dropped since last one year and she found it difficult to manage at home and she felt very depressed.

When she attended our eye screening camp and after a thorough eye examination it was found that she needs corrective spectacles for her to see well. 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 for helping Parvathamma to see better.

Thank you for gifting a pair of glasses to Gampa Narasamma.

Fifty five year old Gampa Narasamma is a resident of the village of Chandrapalem in Andhra Pradesh. She is a widow and lives with her son who got married 6 years ago.
Her husband died with some heart problem 15 years back. 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.

When Narasamma attended our free eye screening camp in Samalkot and after a thorough eye examination it was found that she has cataracts in both eyes. We performed cataract surgeries for both eyes free of cost. Afterwards she found that she needs corrective spectacles for her to see well. 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 spectacles to her because of your donation.

Thank you for your kindness. With your help Narasamma can manage her own chores at home and help to her son’s family.