In 1973, Amte moved to
Hemalkasa to start the Lok Biradari Prakalp, He lived and worked there for almost twenty years performing emergency surgical procedures without electricity. The project transformed into a hospital,
Lok Biradari Prakalp Davakhana, a residential school,
Lok Biradari Prakalp Ashram Shala, and an orphanage for injured wild animals, the
Amte's Animal Park. The project provides health care to about 40,000 individuals annually. The
Lok Biradari Prakalp Ashram School has over 600 students, residents and day scholars. Work of Amte's for Gond tribals and their philanthropic work in the form of the Lok Biradari Prakalp amongst the Madia Gonds in
Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra and the neighbouring states of
Andhra Pradesh and
Madhya Pradesh also won them recognition. Dr Prakash and his family also run a large animal conservation facility in Hemalkasa in
Gadchiroli district of
Maharashtra where rare, protected, and endangered animals are cared and have freedom to roam. The family's legacy in philanthropy and animal conservation is now carried over by their sons Digant and Aniket and their respective families who are helping their parents now. ==Bibliography==