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Posted on 25/03/2009 by
We involved many Indonesian stakeholders in WORLD LEPROSY DAY, not only in MAKASSAR/ SOUTH SULAWESI, but also in LAMONGAN (near Surabaya)/EAST JAVA and JAKARTA our CAPITAL. In all approximately 500 people took part.
Categories: Field Activities, Indonesia, News and Notes
Posted on 19/01/2009 by
Jeannot E. was a leprosy patient. His experience of this disease is at once both singular and so common that the telling of it could be used to promote understanding of what it is like to get leprosy and to be cured of it.
Categories: Cameroon, Field Activities
Posted on 15/10/2008 by
Four months after Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar, through the efforts of The Leprosy Mission International staff to identify and provide assistance and rehabilitation to persons with disability, the true scale of the needs are being uncovered.
Categories: Asia, Field Activities, International Collaboration, Members, Myanmar
Posted on 11/09/2008 by
Fatumah belongs to the Gende Kore Women’s Self-help Group of ex-leprosy patients. Fatumah is around fifty years old and like most women in the Group has not had an education. Under the leadership of colleagues from Bisidimo she and more than 30 other poor country women have set up a successful economic co-operative.
Categories: Ethiopia, Field Activities
Posted on 26/05/2008 by
- One million homeless. - More than 34,000 dead according to the Burmese state media, although international agencies estimate the number could be nearer 100,000. - Other reports estimate approximately 40% of those affected are children. Statistics, such as these, are being published extensively, and on a daily basis, by media around the world. But how are people with disabilities coping with the after effects of Cyclone Nargis, which struck Burma on Saturday 3rd May?
Categories: Asia, Field Activities, International Collaboration, Myanmar