Social worker

Social worker- Baba Amte

                

                 

              - Baba amte lived his early life in luxury and born in a wealthy jagirdar family. After getting degrees and diplomas in agricultural sciences, law and literature from various universities, he came in contact with the poor tribal Adivasis  and discovered the country's poor and hard life. 

Since then for 60 years he worked for poor Adivasis and downtrodden of the society. He also worked for the rehabilitation and empowerment of the outcast lepers.

                    Baba started health programmes for leprosy patients in Anandvan ashram and created different support activities to make the lepers live with dignity and self- respect. In 1973 Baba founded Lok Biradari Prakalpa for the tribals, Madia Gonds , of Gadchiroli . He undertook educational, agriculture and eco-friendly programmes for the tribals in Hemalkasa.