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• The Leprosy Mission Australia
• Jan 09, 2023

For Maimuna, leprosy was just the first of threats that few could endure. Your kindness answered her prayers …

For Maimuna, leprosy was just the first of threats that few could endure. Your kindness answered her prayers … 

When I was a young girl, I started to notice patches on my left arm. Gradually I lost feeling in my left hand – I could touch fire and not feel any pain. Then I lost fe...

• The Leprosy Mission Australia
• Dec 20, 2022

Your prayers needed today to break the stigma of leprosy

19-year-old Saraswati from Nepal understands more than most people the devastation of leprosy stigma.

Developing leprosy as a child, Saraswati wasn’t diagnosed for six years. By that time, she had developed patches of pale skin on her leg.

Saraswati’s fears ran very deep. She ha...

• The Leprosy Mission Australia
• Dec 20, 2022

What a difference an education can make

January 24^th is the International Day of Education. People affected by leprosy or disability and women from underprivileged backgrounds often struggle to gain an education. Through your project at the Vocational Training Centre (VTC) in Vadathorasalur in India you can change thi...

• The Leprosy Mission Australia
• Dec 20, 2022

Nowhere is too difficult for God's love to reach

On World Leprosy Sunday you can provide the unconditional love of Jesus. 

Traveling to Domingas’ village is quite a journey. Surrounded by tall grass you drive cautiously along narrow and bumpy dirt roads. During the rainy season the roads become muddy and increasingly difficult...

• The Leprosy Mission Australia
• Dec 14, 2022

Clean water: reducing leprosy transmission and improving children’s health in rural Zamfara, Nigeria

Clean water is a scarce and valuable resource in hot, dry Maru, rural Zamfara, where one of The Leprosy Mission Australia’s projects are located. At a school in this remote part of the world, children and teachers relied on purchased water stored in plastic drums, using a plast...

• The Leprosy Mission Australia
• Nov 17, 2022

Maya has been busting to thank you for your compassionate gift. Thank you!

A bus accident years ago resulted in the amputation of both of Maya’s legs. Where she lives in Nepal, her disability allowance is not enough for herself and her 70- year-old husband to survive on. He occasionally gets a day’s work as laborer; however, the work is physically taxi...