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• The Leprosy Mission Australia
• Apr 17, 2024

Thank You For Praying With Us

From The Leprosy Mission around the world.

This year is our fourth Global Day of Prayer. We are inviting you to join Christians across the world to pray for a world without leprosy on Wednesday 08 May 2024 at 2pm AEST.

Together we will pray for the work of The Leprosy Mission wor...

• The Leprosy Mission Australia
• Apr 17, 2024

Leprosy Mission Australia Heroes

In the 150th year of The Leprosy Mission we are taking some time to remember some of the many people who have contributed to our goal of a world without leprosy. We are thankful to God for inspiring people like Keith to provide love and healing to people affected by leprosy.

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• The Leprosy Mission Australia
• Apr 17, 2024

The Hidden Life of Ermelinda

“Ermelinda is a strong, independent woman, but this was not always the case…” Zeki from the Misaun Lepra Timor-Leste on the Hidden Lives podcast, Season 2, Episode 3.

Ermelinda began to see signs of leprosy on her body as early as 1993. It was not until seven years later that com...

• The Leprosy Mission Australia
• Mar 21, 2024

Looking to the future, from 150 years of following the footsteps of Jesus.

By Dr. Greg Clarke
CEO, Leprosy Mission Australia

Leprosy has been around for 4,000 years. If, like me, you originally heard about leprosy when you read the Gospel stories of Jesus’ healings, you probably thought of it as an ancient disease. Something from ‘the olden days’, s...

• The Leprosy Mission Australia
• Mar 21, 2024

God builds through your faithful prayers!

Spoken by Pius Ogbu Sunday,
Program Manager, The Leprosy Mission Nigeria

For the last 17 years, I’ve had the privilege to live and work among communities of people affected by leprosy.

This has given me the opportunity to get to personally know and share the pain they suffer,...

• The Leprosy Mission Australia
• Mar 21, 2024

'Don't give him any food...and let him die!"

Ram was heartbroken.

10 years old and rejected by his friends, his teachers, and worst of all his father. Only his mother continued to love and care for him.

Ram was diagnosed with leprosy in Year 2. He already had wounds on both his feet. These turned into terrible ulcers preven...