SVJC Trust
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In 1977, Revered Shri Vithalrao Joshi alias Shree Digambardas Maharaj established Shri Vithalrao Joshi Charities Trust. He had established the Shree Sant Sitarambuwa Walawalkar Charitable Trust in 1969. These two trusts together brought about a total socio-economic transformation of the village.
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The Trust initiated a free Medical Dispensary, where qualified Medical Doctor was posted whole time, to attend to the ailments of villagers in early seventies. In those days, lot of persuasion was required to convince the people having superstitious faith to seek benefit of the Dispensary for their ailments. To free them from the clutches of those exploiting them for centuries, was a tough job.
However, slowly but surely the things changed for the better with the growing acceptance and popularity of the Trust. Due to the visible outcome of the Trust’s integrated efforts based on hard work and sincerity, response of the ailing patients to the Dispensary improved. Cases requiring urgent medical attention were taken to District Civil Hospital at Ratnagiri or to Mumbai for treatment, at Trust’s cost in Trust’s own vehicles.