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Month: April 2018

Understanding the needs to plan interventions

The Community Intervention Unit (CIU) of TLM Shahdara Hospital, in New Delhi organised a need assessment camp for elderly persons affected by leprosy in Kasturba Gram Kusth Ashram, Tahirpur, New Delhi, on April 18.

How to turn your adversity into prosperity: Nazma will tell you how

Married at an early age of 13, Nazma was sent back to her parent’s home in Rasoolpanah village, in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh, by her husband. This was after two months of marriage as he suspected she had some disease as she was thin and anaemic. “When I came back home, I faced a lot of problems. I had just one set of clothes with me. I used to wash them and wear it every day,” says Nazma

Blood donation camp at TLM Naini Hospital

The Leprosy Mission Trust India’s (TLMTI) Naini Hospital, in Uttar Pradesh, along with TLMTI’s CREATE project organised a blood donation camp on April 14 at the hospital. Students of Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Rotary Club, and Evangelical Union students, Allahabad, took part in the camp. The camp was organised to collect blood for free supply to leprosy patients undergoing treatment at the hospital.

Moving women to the forefront of human rights

The Leprosy Mission Trust India’s WEALTH project (Women’s Empowerment through Advocacy, Livelihood Training and Health) organised a gender awareness programme in Ramnagar village of Barabanki district, in Uttar Pradesh, in partnership with District Legal Service Authority (DLSA), on April 12.

Economic development for social inclusion

The Community Intervention Unit (CIU) attached to Shahdara Hospital of The Leprosy Mission Trust India is dreaming big for women affected by leprosy in Satyajeevan Kusht Ashram (leprosy colony), in Lajpat Nagar in New Delhi.