Lokvishwas Pratishthan, Goa’s first ever school for the deaf and dumb stands as an affirmation of a newspaper’s social commitment and constructive work. Shri Narayan Athawale, who served as an editor during the nineteen-eighties, wrote an editorial on the plight of the blind people in Goa, in the Gomantak, way back in 1981. This generated an animated discussion among concerned citizens who felt the need to do something about the problems of handicapped people. As a sequel to this, a meeting was convened at the office of the Gomantak. Parents of handicapped children attended this meeting and decided to float a welfare organization for the handicapped children of Goa. The meeting also proposed that Gomantak, the newspaper that had championed the cause of the handicapped should come forward and take up the responsibility of raising funds and setting up the organization. This is how Lokvishwas Pratishthan, an organisation that believes in the initiative and generosity of the common man came into existence. The meeting also agreed upon a board of trustees comprising Shri Vaman Radhakrishna, Late Dr. Savlo Keni, Smt. Usha Kelkar and with Shri Narayan Athawale as its managing trustee. The next day, the Gomantak published an appeal seeking funds for the Pratishthan and, within a week, a sum of rupees thirty three thousand poured into the office of the Gomantak from different corners of Goa. It is noteworthy that, common people had a substantial share in the initial burst of charity.