{"id":8,"date":"2026-03-30T08:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T08:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geniedemo.online.manasvifoundation.org\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-06-19T13:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:17:20","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/skrsociety.org\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;DLE Hero Section 51&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_slider module_class=&#8221;dle-hs-51&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Lato|900|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;60px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.1em&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Poppins||||||||&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; button_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; 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Pupils Welfare Society \u2014 formally known as the Suravarapu Kondareddy Pupils Welfare Society (SKRPWS) \u2014 is a legally registered, government-recognised non-governmental organisation (NGO) headquartered in Chimakurthy, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh, India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Founded on 8th February 1999 under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, SKRPWS was established with a single, unwavering conviction: that every child born with a disability \u2014 whether deaf, intellectually challenged, physically impaired, or multiply disabled \u2014 deserves the same access to education, therapy, dignity, and opportunity as any other child. Not as charity. As a right.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For 25 years, we have acted on that conviction \u2014 quietly, persistently, and without compromise \u2014 in the villages, towns, and communities of rural Andhra Pradesh where the need is greatest and the resources are fewest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, SKRPWS operates two full residential special schools, seven community programmes, and a growing network of outreach and advocacy initiatives. We serve over 10,000 beneficiaries annually \u2014 children, families, youth, and communities \u2014 across Prakasam District and beyond. But we have never lost sight of why we began: the child in the village who had no school to go to. The family who had been told there was no hope. The community that didn&#8217;t know what its disabled members were capable of.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are SKR. 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