As usual, we celebrated Vinayaka Chavithi at the Srikiran Eye Hospital and the Vinayaka was hand-made by the Sarada Vidyalayam children by using only clay soil. Sarada children have been preparing clay Ganeshas with their gentle fingers for over 10 years. About 150 Vinayakas were distributed to all the staff members to promote clay Vinayakas to save Mother Earth. The big Vinayaka also made by the school children and that was used at the Srikiran Eye Hospital.

Sarada children have been environmentally conscious for over 15 years and stopped using any plastic material at the school and also do not burn any crackers for the Deepavali festival. They are the real saviours of our Mother Earth!!!

IMPACT

Millions of people across India lack access to basic amenities
required for quality life. We’re on a mission to change that.

Sankurathri Foundation’s primary goal is to improve the quality of life of needy people in the
rural and remote areas of India. Presently implementing educational programs through
Sarada Vidyalayam, health care programs through Srikiran Institute of Ophthalmology and
disaster relief programs through Spandana in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

4500+

children have been
educated till now

4000000+

Out-Patients Examined
so far

350000+

cataract surgeries
performed for free since 1993

200+

Projects Completed
since 1992

 Journey of Dr. Chandrasekhar – Padma Shri Awardee 2023

Padma Shri Awardee Dr. Chandrasekhar Sankurathri used to be one of Canada’s immigrant success stories, a student from India who rose to a job as a biologist with Health Canada and settled in Ottawa with his wife, Manjari Sankurathri, and their two children, Srikiran (6) and Sarada (3), who were born in Canada.

Dr. Chandrasekhar lost his wife and his two children who were flying from Canada to India to a shameful act of terrorism. Their bodies were never found. 326 other people too died in that unfortunate incident.

Three years after the incident, Dr. Sankurathri decided to move ahead and give his life a new purpose. In 1988, Dr. Chandrasekhar Sankurathri sold his house in Canada, where he had been living for 2 decades and settled down in his wife’s village, Kakinada. He started the Sankurathri Foundation in 1989 with the aim of providing good health and educational facilities to the impoverished rural in the outskirts of Kakinada town in Andhra Pradesh.

IMPRESSIONS