SOFOSH, an acronym for Society of Friends of the Sassoon Hospitals was started in 1964 by a group of socially conscious citizens of Pune for the welfare of poor patients of Sassoon Hospitals.,a large, a 1200 bed, state run hospital. In a tiny section of the vast hospital, professionally trained social workers of SOFOSH tend to the problems of the sick, the needy and the lost. Few among the affluent may be aware of the existence of SOFOSH but for patients in distress it is their hope, their succor and their much needed friend.

Child care activities were intiated in 1973. In the 32 years of its existence, SOFOSH’s Child care Centre, Shreevatsa, has been home and hope to orphan childen without a family, ranging from the new born to the six year old. For SOFOSH they are truly ‘Shreevatsa- Children of God.’