[1] She along with her husband, Prakash Amte were awarded the Magsaysay Award for 'Community Leadership'[2] in 2008 for 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.

[citation needed] Her father was opposed to her marriage with Prakash Amte as he feared that it meant she would have to live among lepers, which was a taboo then.

This was only the second time that the Kingdom of Monaco brought out a stamp to honour a foreigner for their humanitarian work.

[citation needed] A French couple, Guy and Greet Barthelemy, who had worked with Schweitzer in the early fifties, visited the project in 1992.

This French couple went back and appealed to Prince Rainier III of Monaco to publish a postal stamp to honour the Amtes, which was done in 1995.