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World Leprosy Day Appeal

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World Leprosy Day Appeal

Have your gift multiplied through the power of self-help groups

Your project in Chittagong Bangladesh relies entirely on supporters like you to find, cure, care for and restore someone like Hossain and his family from leprosy.

Today in the next half hour another child will have contracted leprosy, your donation could help:

to spot leprosy and stop it quickly by providing the cure for children like Hossian.
towards surgery on legs and feet - to strengthen legs and restore lost mobility and freedom.
to restore lives through the power of self-help group loans.

As Hossian went to wash his hands he tripped, as he struggled to get back on his feet he cried out to his father but kept falling down. Hossian was scared and frightened as his left leg hung limp and paralysed.

In Bangladesh, Hossian and his family were filled with anxious fear when the Leprosy Mission medical team examined Hossain’s ‘drop foot’. Thankfully the Leprosy Mission physiotherapist was able to reassure them. Hossian was given a plaster and a splint on his foot and the medicine to cure leprosy.

Hossian is a testament to the urgency and importance of your support. The physiotherapist said that if he had arrived 6 months later the diagnosis could have been very different.

Your gift will mean leprosy is caught today rather than tomorrow. You will ensure a child like Hossian will not suffer long-term disabilities.

This is where the story becomes even more amazing as Hossian’s father was able to join a self-help group.

Self-help groups receive vital training and support to fight the stigma of leprosy in the community and give an opportunity for people to restore their lives.

The diagram below shows how your donation will MULTIPLY as it helps form a pool of funds that the self-help groups can borrow for micro-enterprises like sewing or a tea shop.

99% of these loans are repaid, so your money is loaned out again and again. That is how your donation multiplies!

Today your gift can reach out to a child-like Hossian providing the cure for leprosy, care for cases like drop foot, and funds to establish income-generating self-help groups.

You can send your love and support directly to our BNZ bank account

Bank: Bank of New Zealand

Account Name: Leprosy Mission NZ

Account Number: 02 0264 0029018 05

Particulars: ' your name '

Reference: 'supporter number (if known) or your phone number'

Code: WLD22 or Monthly, Quarterly, Weekly (for recurring)

* If you have set up online banking with your bank, we are a registered biller so you can look us up in your bank's Payee list by name (Leprosy Mission NZ). And by saving Leprosy Mission as a saved payee will make it easier next time.