Dr Prakash and Manda Amte are now both now 60 and have done charitable work that would stun most people in scope. 37 years prior, Dr. Prakash moved he and his family to the heart of a jungle in India to care for the Madia Gonds, an indigenous tribe that had seen very little if any medical care, save the work of the local witch doctor, and were suffering from malaria, tuberculosis, diarrhea, whooping cough, gangrene and malnutrition.

For the first six months, the tribe would have nothing to do with them, but after years of good deeds, slowly but surely, tribes people from hundreds of miles away would pay a visit to Dr. Prakash and Manda Amte, in great need of medical help. Since that point, Dr. Prakash has helped tens of thousands of people and animals (he created a rescue center for injured animals as well). He and his wife are recent recipients of The Magsaysay Award, which is often referred to as the Asian Nobel Prize. When Prakash Amte heard the news, he was busy tending to the injuries of an eight feet long python.

Again, the scope of Dr. Prakash and his wife’s work is dwarfed by this blog entry. Their work is stunning in its vastness and history. If you’d like to read more, you can do so here.

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