Anandwan was my field work assignment. The word anandwan means 'forest of joy'. To use the expression of Baba Amte, it is village for the least, lost and the last. Baba Amte the main architect of anandwan is a social reformer who has worked with leprosy patients for several decades.
Anandwan is located near Warora, Maharashtra and is nearly 3 hours away from Nagpur. Anandwan has nearly 2000 leprosy cured patients. In addition to this several, blind, deaf, mute and handicapped people live at Anandwan. The unique aspect of Anandwan is that everyone here does some work. Even people that have lost all of the fingers to leprosy will contribute to the village some how.
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