How the past informs the future of emotional support and care
21 January 2022
As we approach World Leprosy Day on 30th January, we look back to the 1980s and early 2000s to see that, despite improvements in their care, prejudicial laws continue to hinder the opportunities of people affected by leprosy across the world. This causes a significant impact on their mental health and wellbeing.
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World Leprosy Day 2022: United for Dignity
19 January 2022
On World Leprosy Day 2022, together with our friends and partners across the world, we are calling for the cycle of prejudice and discrimination against people affected by leprosy to be broken.
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Lepra’s Emergency Response to Cyclone Jawad
13 January 2022
Tropical cyclone Jawad caused major disruption across the states of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and West Bengal in early December 2021. Whilst bringing heavy rainfall and strong winds over these areas, the cyclone caused significant devastation to the people supported by Lepra and the programmes it delivers.
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The Impact of Discriminatory Laws: Segregation
13 January 2022
Many of the laws, both current and historic, that discriminate against people with leprosy do so by enforcing their segregation from society...
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Dancing for Lepra!
12 January 2022
Our ambassador, Victoria Hislop, took part in Dancing with the Stars (Greece) recently. Here Victoria writes about her dancing experience and has kindly donated her fee to help our work improve the emotional wellbeing of people affected by leprosy.
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World Leprosy Day 2022: The Historic Impact of Prejudicial Laws
6 January 2022
Over 100 laws still exist across the globe that discriminate against people affected by leprosy. Created decades or even centuries ago; these laws continue to marginalise people affected by a disease that has been curable for over sixty years now.
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Lepra signs MoU with Rotary Club of Dhaka PathFinders and Rotary Club of Banani Model Town
21 December 2021
We are delighted to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Rotary Club of Dhaka PathFinders and Rotary Club of Banani Model Town, both members of the Rotary Global Network, an organisation that has over 46,000 clubs across the world.
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Obituary of Ashim Chowla
13 December 2021
The 4 December 2021 was a shocking day for all of us at Lepra. Ashim Chowla, the ex-Chief Executive of LEPRA Society in India passed away. Every one of us who had the privilege of working with and knowing Ashim, are still in a shock and are yet to come to terms with the sad reality.
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Lepra has appointed Jimmy Innes as its new CEO
1 December 2021
Lepra has appointed Jimmy Innes as its new CEO, effective 10 January 2022. He succeeds Geoff Prescott who has steered the 97-year-old charity since 2017.
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The Obituary of Professor Indira Nath
22 November 2021
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.
19 November 2021
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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Lepra News Winter 2021
18 November 2021
The latest edition of Lepra News is now available!
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