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American Leprosy Missions fights hunger and poverty with community development programs for people like Madaki who are affected by leprosy.

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Millions of people have disabilities as a result of leprosy. American Leprosy Missions provides protective shoes, wheelchairs, prostheses and special cooking utensils.

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Zinhle is suffering from a painful reaction to the dead leprosy bacteria in her body.

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In Angola, Filomina holds Multi-Drug Therapy, the cure for leprosy.

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Leprosy causes insensitivity to pain in hands and feet. These men in Bangladesh have been taught to prevent disabilities by caring for their feet.

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These children in poor, rural China are receiving education scholarships from American Leprosy Missions.

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In China, Mr. Somsak has received a special bicycle that he moves by pumping the center lever with his hands.

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Leprosy caused Kapinga’s hands to lose feeling, and they have become damaged. American Leprosy Missions ministers to thousands of people like Kapinga in the DR Congo.

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Five-year-old Nzumba has Buruli ulcer. Thankfully she has received treatment in time to save her eye.

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American Leprosy Missions empowers the most vulnerable by helping communities establish self-help groups. This one meets on a rooftop in India.

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Treatment for Buruli ulcer is long and expensive. This little boy in the Ivory Coast is receiving daily injections of antibiotics at an American Leprosy Missions-supported hospital.

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Early signs of leprosy sometimes include light patches on the skin. Babita was diagnosed with leprosy at an American Leprosy Missions-supported Lalgadh hospital in Nepal.

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Staff member Dr. Hugh Cross examines hands deformed by leprosy in Nepal.

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Leprosy destroys the body’s ability to feel pain which, without careful monitoring and protective shoes, can lead to wounds like this.

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Woman affected by leprosy praying during a self-help group meeting in Nepal.

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Joan is receiving treatment for leprosy reaction at a hospital in the Philippines.

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American Leprosy Missions develops people’s talents to bring income and hope. This man in the Philippines is receiving vocational training in tailoring.

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