Sapkal, who was popularly referred to as "Mai", ran an orphanage in Pune where she adopted more than 1,000 orphan children.
Social Work
She started her social work in 1970 during which she came in contact with rural parts of the state and learned about the difficulties and issues faced by the Pardhi community.
Sapkal runs an orphanage called ‘Sanmati Bal Niketan Sanstha’ in Manjri near Hadapsar.
It has its own building with all the facilities for children and is run on public donations.
She started the Punarutthan Samarasata Gurukulam, an NGO in the Chinchwad area for the upliftment of the Pardhi community and their children.
She runs a school and residential facility for these children.
There are 200 boys and 150 girls from the Pardhi community staying at the facility, based on the “Gurukul” system of education.
In 2010, a Marathi biopic on Sapkal was released in Maharashtra.
