a man having his foot treated

29 March 2020

COVID-19 Update

In these unprecedented times, Lepra has made the tough decision to close our office in Colchester. Our dedicated team members continue to work from home, but we would encourage people to look at alternative methods of fundraising and donating for us.

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Some shoes being made

Stuart Paver Returns to Shoe Van Project

29 July 2019

Lepra Ambassador, Stuart Paver recently returned to India to see our Shoe Van project in action. Stuart was the driving force behind and funded the first van in Bihar through his company, Pavers Shoes. The project provides, safe, custom footwear to people with disabilities caused by leprosy and lymphatic filariasis through mobile vans.

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A woman washing her feet - part of the Mental Motivators programme

Mental Motivators - Tackling The Mental Health Problems of Leprosy

26 June 2019

Mental health issues affect 53% of people affected by leprosy or lymphatic filariasis. Our new Mental Motivators programme is helping people in Bangladesh to cope with these issues and get the help and support they need.

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Sir Dominic Asquith in Bihar

High Commissioner visits Lepra-led project in Bihar

11 April 2019

Read about The British High Commissioner in India's recent visit to one of our projects.

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The group on the trip

Lepra Bangladesh’s visit to Mozambique

15 March 2019

Recently Waheduzzaman Polu, Project Manager for Lepra Bangladesh in Bogura visited the Netherlands Leprosy Relief's PRODISE Project in Mozambique.

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Amalia in the head office

Amalia’s internship experience

1 March 2019

Read Amalia's experience of being an intern at Lepra, the challenges she faced and what she will take away from her internship

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