1. Naveen Gandiboina

Vijaya is from South Brunswick, New Jersey. We never met her before. She saw our article in http://www.indiaeyewitness.com/Channels/Issues.asp?category=Education website and was interested in helping a poor child. She is very compassionate towards poor children and at once joined to help Naveen. She joined Vonumu International since 2003.

1. Sudhir Runkani(50%)
2. Sudhir Runkani(50%)

Kavitha & Saraswathi are both good friends and together decided to help Sudhir. Both of them are family friends of Vijaya Balan. Kavitha is from Monmouth Junction, New Jersey and Saraswathi is from South Brunswick. Both of them joined Vonumu International since 2003.

1. Jyotshna Yadam
2. Aswani Rameshwarapu
3. Krupa Rotta
4. Vasanthi Peela
5. Naga Sai Padala

Shally is from Greenbelt, Maryland. She had a desire to help poor children since very long time but was worried that people might cheat her. She was watching her close friends Sam & Rena Vonumu, helping poor children since few years. She got her trust watching them and finally decided to join them in helping the needy. She joined Vonumu International since 2004.

1. Udayalaxmi Danduprolu

Harini is from Dayton, New Jersey, USA. She is a student. She is using her Birthday gift money towards sponsoring a needy child in India for education. We are very thankful to meet Harini through her parents Krithiga & Sadeesh Venugopal. She has become a great inspiration and touched our hearts with the decision. We welcome her to our team.

1. Bharathi KappaReddy
2. Rajesh Veluduthi
3. Sangeeth Chakali
4. Shanti Muramurala
5. Vasanth Rotta

Prasad & Satyavani are from Matawan, New Jersey. They are very close friends of Mr. & Mrs. Vonumu. Prasad expressed his gratitudes towards India where he comes from and always wanted to do something for his country. This is one way he is showing his gratitudes towards the country by helping the poor and unfortunate children. They are the founders of www.telugupeople.com . They joined Vonumu International since 2004.

1. Nirmala Jyothi Vanagalapudi
2. Sandhya Kandapalli
3. Manoj Kumar Mungara

Mahesh and Vani are from East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. Mahesh is a Technical Architech by profession. He was introduced to us by Prasad Alla, one of our sponsor. We are very happy to have the Dontamsetty's family, join our team since 2005. We welcome them.

1. Sai Goutam Kandragula
2. Murali Juthu
3. Bhanu Prakash Simma
4. Sanjay John Kasthala
5. Sandeep John Kasthala
6. Sony Krupavaram Yedla
7. Naveen Babu Tadi
8. Teja Choppala
9. Sunisha Manne
10. Anusha Kaligithi
11. Bhagyasri Yedla
12. Swathi Tadi
13. Esther Rani Rapaka
14. Avinash Vaddi
15. Vinodh Kumar Vaddi
16. Bindu Rayudu
17. Mounica Kollabathula
18. Satya Priya Tadi
19. Pradeep Kollabathula
20. Naga Babu Adabala
21. Sudha Manne
22. Pavithra Yedla
23. Elisha Rani Tadi
24. Sushma Rani Tadi
25. Durga Lakshmi Yedla
26. Mounica Yedla
27. Pavan Kumar Mattadi
28. Srinivasa Rao Bijji
29. Govind Goli
30. Manikanta Mamidipaka
31. Sunendra Barla
32. Bapi Raju Boggula
33. Satya Barla
34. Anil Prasad Konki
35. Johnson Ijjina
36. Naresh Akkabathula
37. Chaitanya M K Kandikatla
38. David Raju Akkabathula
39. Phanindra Barla
40. Vijaya Raju Gunepey
41. Yohan Chevuru
42. Bhargav Lamba
43. Chanakya M K Kandikatla
44. Prakash Raj Magarapu
45. Nagaraju Magarapu
46. Ganesh Sagar Pindi

Sam & Rena Vonumu are from Silver Spring, Maryland. They are the founders of Vonumu International. They started this with just 4 children in 2000. But now, the numbers are growing every year. It is a dream come true to see something like this happening and many kind hearted people joining Vonumu International to help the poor and needy children for their education.

1. Yerribabu Kodamanchali
2. Aashish Pandregi
3. Durga Bhavani Relangi

Ravi Shankar & Vandana are from Somerset, New Jersey. Both of them came forward on their own because of their desire to help educate some Poor Children, in the memory of Ravi's parents who died in an accident few years ago. They were very happy to find us through Prasad Kunisetty who is already a sponsor in Vonumu International. They joined Vonumu International since 2005.

1. Mariyadas Bellampalli
2. Betty Dheboreya Sanapala

Darlene and Stan are from Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. They live next door to Vonumu International office. They are a very good neighbors of Mr. & Mrs. Vonumu. They love children. They looked at our website and immediately wanted to help a child. They joined Vonumu International since 2005. Both of them are happy with our work and started sponsoring a second child from 2006.

1. Bindukala Tippala

Laverne and her team mates from Neely Care Group were very touched when they visited our website and immediately made a commitment to help one child. Laverne works at US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and is a co-worker of Sam Vonumu. She and her team mates joined us to help Bindukala Tippala since 2005.

1. Dinesh Simma
2. Anuradha Gadi
3. Lalithasagar Chandaka
4. Padmini Padimi
5. Prasanth Bonkur
6. Neeraja Isukapatla
7. Kiran Kumar Tadepalli

Mike & Teresa Kidwell are from Bristow, Virginia, USA. Mike is a good friend and ex-boss of Mr. Vonumu for almost 5 years. He is currently working at MCI communications. When we thanked Mike for joining us, he said "Give the glory to God and not me for what we will do for these kids". We are very happy to have Mike and his wife joined Vonumu International since June 2005. Mike started with helping 3 children. Within 2 months, he added two more children to his list. In December of 2005, He added 2 more children again to his list. He and his wife are now sponsoring 7 children who are currently studing in different parts of India.

1. Sakshi Lilly Roy

Guru Prasad is a good friend of Mr. & Mrs. Sam Vonumu. We met Guru in Linkoping, Sweden in November 2004 during our visit to Skandinavia. Guru is currently(2005) studying his Masters Degree in Linkoping University, Sweden. Guru is a very young, energetic and happy citizen of India who got a great heart towards poor children. He is very helpful to other junior students in multiple ways. At a young age, he has become like a social worker helping others with what ever he can. It is very rare, we meet young people with these type of qualities. We are very happy to meet such a nice person. He joined Vonumu International since 2005.

1. Pushpa Rekha Yenugapalli
2. Purna Manikanta Sai Gavini
3. Deepti Bara
4. Prasanna Karri
5. Sai Narayana Sirigudi
6. Sai Thotakura (Sponsored by Microsoft Matching Gifts Program)
7. Sai Sivakumar Chukkala (Sponsored by Microsoft Matching Gifts Program)
8. Sai Kumar Badithameni (Sponsored by Microsoft Matching Gifts Program)
9. Rajesh Varma Sikhinam (Sponsored by Microsoft Matching Gifts Program)
10. Meghana Kachoor (Sponsored by Microsoft Matching Gifts Program)

Abhijit and Anwesha are from Seattle, Washington, USA. They are currently sponsoring the above 5 children in India for education. Since they are employees of Microsoft, Microsoft matched their charitable contribution to help 5 more kids. We want to thank Abhijit's family for their compassion towards these children. We thank them for their dedication and welcome them to Vonumu International where people are making a big difference in children's lives. Here are few thoughts from Anwesha and Abhijit... "We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best."

1. Kalyani Madhabathula
2. Shyam Pulimela

Susan Konda and Sidney are close family friends of Mr. & Mrs. Sam Vonumu for the past 8 years. In fact, Sidney worked with Mr. Vonumu at Sato Travel for 2 years and 3 years at MCI. Currently Sidney is working for MCI Communications and Susan is working as a senior nurse at Holy Cross Hospital in Maryland, USA. We are very happy to have both of them join us to support Needy children in India. They joined Vonumu International since 2005.

1. Sunil Kumar Bantupalli

John Pappas is from Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. He is the manager of Mr. Vonumu in IT operations at US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. He helped us with the website when we first started. Since then, he is very kind and helpful to us in many ways. He now joined Vonumu International to help sponsor Sunil Kumar from 2005 school year. We are very thankful to him.

1. Naga lakshmi Chekuri
2. Dwaraka B
3. Meeravali Sheikh
4. David Bommidi

Susan is from Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. She is a very close friend of Rena Vonumu for almost 10 years. Our friendship is great because it is leading us towards good social service. We are very happy and thankful to God for good friends like Susan. Like many others, Susan also had hard time selecting her sponsored children since every one in the waiting list deserves help. She is praying that no one is left alone without any help. Susan joined Vonumu International to support these 3 children from 2005 school year. We are very happy to have her aboard. Susan added help for a 4th child from 2006 school year.

1. Purna Chandu Karri
2. Janaki Notla
3. Konda Sai Soodhi
4. Durga Prasad Karri

Nagendra is from Maryland, USA. He is a Proffessional Travel Consultant working in the Washington D.C metropolitan area. We never met him before. Sidney Konda introduced Nagendra to us for our travel needs. During our conversation, we talked about Vonumu International and its objectives. Nagendra was very much inspired with our Educational help to the Poor and needy children. He at once made a commitment to help 4 needy children from 2005 school year.

1. Bhanu Prakash Padala
2. Lokesh Kondra
3. Samkumar Budha
4. Kiran Kandragula
5. Srinadh Madhaka
6. Akhil Kumar Garbapu
7. Bhanu Kiran Dunga
8. Murali Krishna Avanapu
9. Sangeetha Kundala
10. Renuka Kandragula
11. Ruthamma Gulivindala
12. Janaki Kusumalatha Eswari
13. Kanchu Murthy Jhesu Raj
14. Rajesh Karri
15. David Kella
16. Ashok Kumar Madipalli
17. Krishna Manga
18. Lavanya Mosa
19. Rani Mosa
20. Navya Deepthi Chitturu
21. Divya Sri Polipilli
22. Durga Prasad Reddy
23. Jagadish Alikapu
24. Gangu Tulasi
25. Christprem Gogada
26. Venkatesh Gude
27. Venkata Sai Gusidi
28. Sai Kumar Kodu
29. Pavan Rani Kodavali
30. Swathi Koyya
31. Rakesh Sabbi
32. Sai Hyndavi Sooru

Ramakrishna and Vinuthna are from Herndon, Virginia, USA. They visited our site and filled in our online application form to help 10 Poor children. They were introducted to us by Mr. Prasad Kunisetty. Ramakrishna is a Software Engineer by profession. We wanted to thank Ramakrishna's family for their trust in us even though we never met them before, and for their commitment to help the Poor Children. They joined Vonumu International from 2005 school. In 2006, Grandhi family added one more child to their list of sponsored children. In 2007, added 11 more and in 2008, added 10 more children to their list. The above 32 children will never forget the help from the Grandhis family.

1. Yesamma Yennam

Crystal is from the nation's capital, Washington D.C., USA. She is a very good friend and co-worker of Rena Vonumu. When she visited our site, she felt happy for the services we are rendering to the needy children. She said in her application, "All of the children deserve a good life and a quality education. Thanks so much for the Vonumu International organization for giving me an opportunity to get involved". She selected Yesamma to be her sponsored child from 2005 school year.