The Mission To End Leprosy

The Mission to End Leprosy is globally known as a world leader in leprosy care, cure, rehabilitation & prevention #endtoleprosy

[Donagh Mc Keown @DonaghMcKeown]

Wednesdays from 7:45pm GMT I run a #zoom #FacebookLive
event Subject for Nov 11 #remembering Reach out Join me Write a poem on Hope & Dignity for @LeprosyIreland The cure was discovered in @tcddublin
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@atxpoets @IrelandinSF

[The Leprosy Mission International @Leprosymissint]

This week we are praying for our key partners, @AmericanLeprosy, @effecthope and @LeprosyIreland. Each one of these great organisations is doing so much to support people affected by leprosy. Here's how you can pray for them this week: https://t.co/4e2gpf5zQC

[The Mission To End Leprosy @LeprosyIreland]

A huge thank you to everyone who has taken part in our fundraiser, “Taking Steps to End Leprosy”. We are so grateful for you. There is still time to donate and you can do so on the link below. Thank you

https://t.co/Gee2o9ah4O

[The Mission To End Leprosy @LeprosyIreland]

All of the money that is fundraised through events goes towards the eradication of leprosy. You can read more about how we plan to do this at https://t.co/lasovjZAPU

[The Mission To End Leprosy @LeprosyIreland]

Thank you to @DonaghMcKeown for organising this fundraising event "Poetry Towards Ending Leprosy". If you are a poet and would like to take part, visit https://t.co/z1QXsaKF0P #poet #poem #poetry #endtoleprosy

[The Mission To End Leprosy @LeprosyIreland]

Karigi Hospital is located near Vellore in Tamil Nadu, was established in 1955 to care for patients in and around Vellore and operates also as leprosy research institution. Many men, women and children suffering from leprosy will travel here to receive the healthcare they need

[The Mission To End Leprosy @LeprosyIreland]

Have you watched this short video on leprosy in Dublin? #guinness #bordgais #dublin

[The Mission To End Leprosy @LeprosyIreland]

You might be surprised to know there once was leprosy in Dublin ! Watch this short video to discover how some areas received their names. We want to put an end to leprosy once and for all. Get involved at https://t.co/lasovjZAPU #dublin #stjamesgate #bordgais #miseryhill

[The Mission To End Leprosy @LeprosyIreland]

We are so thankful to all the people who have collectively walked, or ran, thousands of miles over September and October. All to raise money to help end leprosy. It is not too late to donate. You can do so at https://t.co/Gee2o9ah4O

[The Mission To End Leprosy @LeprosyIreland]

We're on the last steps of our fundraiser #takingstepstoendleprosy . If you haven't donated and would like to you can do so here https://t.co/Gee2o9ah4O

[The Mission To End Leprosy @LeprosyIreland]

..in which people affected by leprosy were treated: remote, exposed, no services. Ironically, even the technical term for the process of donating the land speaks into the situation. The land was “alienated” to The Leprosy Mission." Dr Paul Brand

[The Mission To End Leprosy @LeprosyIreland]

"Few communities would welcome a leprosy hospital in their neighbourhood. This site of more than 250 acres was 14 miles from the main hospital in Vellore. It was remote, but the government had offered to donate it for a leprosy hospital. Everything about it spoke of the manner..

[The Mission To End Leprosy @LeprosyIreland]

The average temperature in Ireland is 18 degrees Celsius (with a frequent rain shower or two). Temperatures in an Indian can reach up to 40 °C. Imagine making a walking journey to hospital in heat like that. We want to end leprosy. https://t.co/LODl4sAGPw

[The Mission To End Leprosy @LeprosyIreland]

Mother Teresa once said: “we have drugs for people with diseases like leprosy. But these drugs do not treat the main problem, the disease of being unwanted.”
You can make a difference by donating or signing up to our fundraiser walk at https://t.co/lasovjZAPU and help end leprosy

[The Mission To End Leprosy @LeprosyIreland]

3/3...There had been no human touch, seldom a conversation with another person.”

Extract from The Giant Who Walked on Elephant Hill

[The Mission To End Leprosy @LeprosyIreland]

Paul Brand was horrified by how people with leprosy were treated. One of the most poignant stories in the anti-leprosy community is that of a young girl who had leprosy. Forced out of her family home, she lived in a pig sty for years, surviving by feeding on the scraps...1/3

[The Mission To End Leprosy @LeprosyIreland]

2/3... thrown to the pigs. When the Mission staff met her, she was like a wild animal. Terrified of human contact, she hid in the dark confines of her tiny shed. For more than a decade , she had been alone....

[The Mission To End Leprosy @LeprosyIreland]

2/2...and to receive treatment. We are walking to raise funds so leprosy can be eradicated and families kept together. Join us at https://t.co/JUF20i5t7O

[The Mission To End Leprosy @LeprosyIreland]

This type of home is not uncommon in areas where there is leprosy. Large families can share small spaces and social isolation is a privilege that often cannot be afforded. Many people suffering from leprosy leave their family home in order to protect their loved ones...1/2

[The Mission To End Leprosy @LeprosyIreland]

...Because of ignorance and superstition, this disease destroys social contact between victims and their friends, employers and neighbors. Leprosy is a devastatingly lonely disease." (Paul Brand)
You can make a difference by joining our fundraiser walk at https://t.co/JUF20i5t7O

[The Mission To End Leprosy @LeprosyIreland]

"I hate leprosy. Victims who are not treated feel the disease slowly creep over the hands and feet and they then experience the worst effect of all: they lose the ability to sense human contact. Many cannot even feel when another person holds their hands or caresses them...