The following ILEP Members are supporting anti-leprosy activities in Nigeria:
- Deutsche Lepra- und Tuberkulosehilfe (DAHW)
- Damien Foundation Belgium (DFB)
- Netherlands Leprosy Relief (NLR)
- The Leprosy Mission International (TLMI) 

Below are some descriptions of some of their typical activities.

Deutsche Lepra- und Tuberkulosehilfe

Deutsche Lepra- und Tuberkulosehilfe

The single largest financial contribution made by DAHW to anti-leprosy work in Nigeria goes towards the activities of the National Leprosy and Tuberculosis Control Programme of the Nigerian Ministry of Health. In addition, it specifically supports some socio-economic rehabilitation initiatives as well as projects in the following States: Delta, Rivers, Cross River, Ogun, Ondo, Abia, Enugu, Edo, and Ebonyi.

Damien Foundation Belgium

Damien Foundation Belgium

Damien Foundation Belgium has been supporting the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Program in the states of Oyo and Osun since 1992. There are few people affected by leprosy in these states compared with the rest of the country– in 2006 DFB assisted 66 leprosy patients there. 

Netherlands Leprosy Relief

Netherlands Leprosy Relief

Thirteen States are currently receiving support for their anti-leprosy activities from NLR, which has worked in Nigeria since the nineteen-seventies. In Gombe NLR helps ensure that an integrated service is maintained for patients with leprosy and tuberculosis and leprosy complications and dermatological problems at the Zambuk Hospital. They also contribute directly to some the anti-leprosy activities of the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health. Periodically they assist with special initiatives such as providing health systems workshops and annual scholarships in public health.

NLR supports the establishment and guidance of self-care groups in this country too. (See Ellie Plomp - de Ligny’s article below). A health worker facilitates these groups and provides technical expertise. However, the members of the group have full responsibility for their group. In principle this should lead to a reduction in disability, but also increased self-esteem, self-confidence and empowerment of the group members. Often ex-patients can become leaders of a self-care group providing assistance and motivation.

The Leprosy Mission International

The Leprosy Mission International

TLMI began supporting anti-leprosy activities in Nigeria in 1920. Since 2001 TLM Nigeria has conducted its activities in Nigeria through a memorandum of understanding between itself and the Corporate Affairs Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In a remote and impoverished region of south-east Nigeria TLM Nigeria delivers the medical and socio-economic services of he Ekpene Obom hospital. In the north-western and north-central states they supply care services at the Chanchaga Hospital, including prevention of disability, rehabilitation, reconstructive surgery, eye care, training of general health staff, schooling, vocational training and counselling. TLM Nigeria staff have offered support to IDEA Nigeria since their launch in 2003. Representatives from both organisations visit communities affected by leprosy to encourage them to work together to voice their problems and their needs and to become self-reliant.

The Leprosy Mission Nigeria: http://www.leprosymission-nig.org/homepage.htm