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Giving Shoesday Appeal
Giving Tuesday takes place on 30 November 2021 and we have something very special planned...
We’re shining the spotlight on our footwear technicians, the need for specialist podiatric care and the vital importance of customised footwear for people affected by leprosy. Read more…
Today, 600 people will be diagnosed with leprosy; 50 of those will be children.
Over 3 million people across the globe are living with the undiagnosed leprosy. Leprosy is not a disease of the past, it still exists and it is still destroying lives.
Giving Shoesday 2021
Giving Tuesday is a day where everyone, everywhere can do something to support the good causes that mean so much to them.…
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Footwear
One of the main symptoms of leprosy is nerve damage, meaning people affected are unable to feel pain.
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£1 from you, we get two!
Launching on Giving Tuesday, and with support from wonderful and committed donors who have pledged donations to our matched…
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Your Present, Their Future
Your Present, Their Future is a great opportunity for you to donate to a worthy cause in celebration of your celebration! …
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Lepra News Winter 2021
Lepra News (Winter 2021) is a Giving Tuesday special! In this issue, we're shining the spotlight on our footwear…
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News & Blog posts
The Obituary of Professor Indira Nath
In an interview for Science Reporter magazine in 2016, Professor Indira Nath described the moment she ‘felt the calling’ to medical research, at the mere age of only ten years old. Even then, she knew that she wanted to make a long-lasting impact rather than a transient one. Having this clarity at such a young age is incredibly rare and this shows how remarkable she was.
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National Philanthropy Day: celebrating Lepra 1920s to 1940s.
As we move towards Giving Tuesday; an opportunity to unite and support good causes globally, November offers us another chance to reflect upon the importance of working together for the common good; National Philanthropy Day. Following on from yesterday’s focus on our current partner, Pavers; we look back at the role philanthropy played in the past.
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