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Annual Appeal - Protect children in PNG from leprosy
Annual Appeal - Protect children in PNG from leprosy
Your gift will be MULTIPLIED 5X today.
In PNG, where right now a quarter of people may have Covid - and the threat of leprosy is an ancient ever-present fear.
This is why Rose has suffered so much bullying, fear and rejection.
"Why can't they stop pushing me out, with their mocking words and their teasing?"
Your vital support today will be multiplied FIVE TIMES:
- Five times the power to find and cure children like Rose before the heartbreaking of scars and teasing.
- Five times the impact through clinics and the work of volunteers like Rose's cousin - to provide children like Rose with the essential care and support they need to overcome leprosy
- Five times the life-changing difference for families like Rose's to overcome leprosy's tragic burden, through better health, nutrition and livelihoods.
She says the pain and the scarring are not the worst things about her leprosy.
"The worst thing is being teased at school. Kids would call me names like Gudu-gudu."
That means Swollen Skin. It is heartbreaking for a child to hear such vile words.
Rose suffered heart-breaking abuse, rejection and bullying because of leprosy.
Please keep other children safe from what Rose has suffered. Your support today means our PNG neighbours have better access to clinics, medication and education about leprosy - with better livelihoods for their families.
This great work among our leprosy-threatened Pacific neighbours would be impossible without help like yours.
Donate today. Your kindness will be multiplied FIVE TIMES* to stop leprosy from spreading in PNG.
*Through the 'Sustainable Livelihoods Development Programme' in PNG, the New Zealand Aid Programme (New Zealand Government's official aid for developing countries) has committed to matching our fundraising with $4 for every $1 that is donated - up to $185,000!
* Want to support Leprosy Mission projects regularly? Click here for more information about our Cure One Regular Giving Program
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