You can be a Sole-Saver this Christmas, to restore hope for someone hurt by leprosy!
This young man from Nigeria's life was devastated by leprosy...
Please be a Sole-Saver this Christmas for someone like Abubakar, starting with $20 Protective Shoes!
SAVE ‘SOLES’?
Yes, I know ‘Save Soles’ is a play on words...
...but it's my hope this will help you see just how much you can do for someone like Abubakar through The Leprosy Mission. Let me show you.
You SAVE:
Shoes — just $20 provides simple sandals to protect feet from cuts that can be infected
Orthopedic workshop to provide protective, assistive and mobility aids to overcome disability
Love — the priceless heart of everything you do through The Leprosy Mission to help people like Abubakar
Early detection and diagnosis to treat and cure leprosy before it causes needless lifelong disability.
Surgery — when help arrives too late, surgery can repair drop foot, or amputate before infection is lethal.
Your Sole-Saver Christmas gift is urgently needed to reach and protect people like Abubakar in remote Nigeria before it's too late:
At just $20, these Protective Shoes can mean the difference between needless
disability (and disfigurement) …
… and a productive, hopeful, happy life for someone with leprosy.
You know already that people with leprosy, like Abubakar from Nigeria, lose feeling in the soles of their feet.
This means a simple cut that you and I would treat with Dettol and a band-aid …
… can be a life-threatening wound for a person with leprosy who doesn’t know
the cut is there.
The cut gets infected, and ulcerates.
The pus-filled infection spreads up the leg.
If it goes further, the infection threatens vital organs, so the only way to save the
person’s life is amputation.
This is what happened to Abubakar.
“I’m at an age where I should be grasping opportunities, but because of my disabilities I’m struggling to grasp anything at all.”
Abubakar’s leg had to be amputated to save his life.
This is the kind of tragedy you can prevent with your Sole-Saver Christmas donation, starting with $20 Protective Shoes.
Please don't miss out on this Christmas gift — be a Sole-Saver NOW!
Please note: Donations of $2 or more are tax-deductible. Due to added security measures, donations below $10 can no longer be processed online. To make a gift $9 or less, please call us on 1800 LEPROSY (1800 537 767).
If the area of need becomes fully funded, your gift will go where most needed.
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