The Friends of Agnes Charitable Foundation, Inc. is a 501c3 charity that serves people experiencing poverty in many ways. We provide quality education to orphaned, poor, and vulnerable children and teach vocational skills to women, enabling them to find jobs and earn money for their families. In terms of health and wellness, we provide clean and safe drinking water to villages by drilling new wells. The foundation also conducts free medical camps in remote locations where the sick cannot access health care. Our programs directly aid persons with disabilities, support the elderly, feed the hungry, and clothe the naked.

I extend an invitation to all those who come across this charity to get involved in bringing a brighter future to orphans, poor children, the elderly, the disabled, and the destitute in the District of Nellore, India. By doing so, you will be instrumental in improving the lives of the poor and helping them live lives of dignity. No one can do it alone, but together, we can change lives and change the world.

A volunteer Board of Directors governs the charitable foundation: Caleb Mitchell - President; Father Michael Tarigopula- Vice-President; and Jackie Mihelcic- Treasurer/Secretary.

I want to share some fantastic stories with you!

In Ananthasagaram village, I visited a 'Yanadhi' community, a branch of Scheduled Tribes (STs), one of the four principal castes in India. They are considered the most backward and illiterate community living southeast of Andhra Pradesh, South India. During my visit, I saw children poorly dressed, with shirts and shorts lacking buttons and bellies exposed to the elements and insects. One could tell they never went to school. Their parents eke out their livelihood by making coal and fetching wild honey from the forest. In the Yanadhi community, hunger is an all too common experience.

I spoke to Yanadhi's parents about the importance of their children's education and that Agnes Multipurpose Development Society will prepare them for school and cover all expenses. They all readily agreed. The Society immediately arranged for a teacher to acquaint the children with the routine, discipline, and culture of attending a school. Remember that most had never even encountered a school before. The experience for them would be genuinely new and strange! Agnesh Multipurpose Development Society also bought each child a new school uniform and all the required stationery & supplies and facilitated public school enrollment.

Today, the children are clean, healthy, and educated. Particular successes from these efforts are two Yanadhi students who have themselves become teachers!

Agnes Multipurpose Development Society also works to shelter people with low incomes. Twelve ST's families lived in poor thatched huts prone to dangers from snakes and scorpions and exposed to the harsh sun and rain. The Society built permanent homes for all of them. Today, you should see the joy on their faces! I visit them occasionally, and they are so grateful to the Society for making a difference in their lives. Another success story is that a boarding home was established for twenty poor boys of all faiths from seven villages. Today, we have one priest, one software engineer, and a lab technician from among them!

These are just some of the many great stories of change for the better in the lives of low-income people in Nellore, India. There are many more great stories about what Friends of Agnes Charitable Foundation, Inc. has already achieved in its support of charitable work in India and what it will achieve in the future!

"It Takes Two Hands Clapping to Make a Noise." Friends of Agnes Charitable Foundation, Inc. needs your support to improve the lives of low-income people and make this world a better place. I invite you to get involved however you can, large or small. It is only with your help that we can reach new heights.

“We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.” -Winston Churchill. 

“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” -Albert Einstein