Imagine coming home to a leaking roof and broken bathroom. Snakes coming in at night.
The team at Chandkhuri Hospital are dedicated to their patients. But many of them return each evening to dilapidated houses, scared to sleep.
Every two minutes, someone is diagnosed with leprosy. That's more than 200,000 new cases a year. Although it is curable, millions of people worldwide are living with the effects of the disease, from physical disability to mental health problems, poverty and discrimination.
Everything we do is focused on our goals of zero leprosy transmission, zero leprosy disability and zero leprosy discrimination. We work in four key areas to achieve this.
We are a global Christian organisation leading the fight against leprosy. Following Jesus Christ, we seek to bring about transformation; breaking the chains of leprosy and empowering people to attain healing, dignity and life in all its fullness.
Over 40,000 people in the community were screened by health workers and female community health volunteers in Nepal
1 million people heard radio messages raising awareness about leprosy in Niger
The team diagnosed 970 people with leprosy amid conflict in Mozambique
Edition 63. Waddup This Week. The earthquake in Myanmar is no longer headline news. But for many people affected by leprosy, the impacts are still felt every day. Read how your support is getting emergency aid to the communities that need it most.
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