Our Milestones


  • Started a hostel in Rajwada.
  • Began operations outside Sangli.

  • Conducted numerous camps for women and children across Maharashtra.

  • Established a branch in Goa.

  • Launched the National Adult Education Programme.

  • Initiated the National Creche Programme (Zoolaghar).
  • Conducted Janasahabhag (public participation) camps in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, and Gujarat.
  • Awarded 2nd prize in Adult Education.

  • Established 286 Zoolaghars and a central kitchen.

  • Opened Asia’s first NGO HIV rehabilitation center at Yashwantnagar.
  • Began carpet manufacturing at Yashwantnagar and received 1st prize for the carpets produced.
  • Dr. Kusumtai Ghanekar presented a paper on women and child education in rural India at a conference in Trinidad.

  • Started Family Counseling Centers and Working Women’s Hostels in Sangli and Nagpur.

  • Established a Balgruha for the daughters of Devdasis in Jath.
  • Opened Balsadan, a facility for special girls, at Yashwantnagar.

  • Launched another Balgruha at Yashwantnagar.

  • Opened the Swadhar Gruha at Yashwantnagar.

  • Started a Vocational Training Centre.