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Building and retaining leprosy expertise

The Leprosy Mission Trust India (TLMTI) is at the forefront when it comes to building and retaining leprosy expertise. For this, TLMTI trains health professionals from the government and development sectors, in India and abroad, at its Training Unit in Naini, Uttar Pradesh, and other hospitals.

Munia Devi has a new family now – TLM Purulia Hospital

From utter despair to resurgent hope, the story of Munia doesn’t only break the odds but highlights how proper treatment and guidance can make a difference in the lives of people affected by leprosy.

From hopeless to hope: You have a choice

The Bard’s words of wisdom proved right again in another place and another time – around 8,500 km away from where the Bard lived, in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu, in 2017. The Leprosy Mission Trust India’s (TLMTI) SOAR project (SOAR stands for ‘Securing Opportunities towards Advancing Revenue’), while doing a survey in Rubanarayanallur village in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu to identify persons with disabilities who need project support for livelihood, came across six women, either with disabilities or having children with disabilities. For these women, the challenges of disability and the social exclusion were not the only problems.

Responsible use of resources: Cooking with biogas

A few months back,The Leprosy Mission Trust India’s (TLMTI) hospital in Chandkhuri, Chhattisgarh had started a dairy farm at the hospital premises using the available resources

A partnership for rehabilitation of persons with leprosy-related disabilities

Representatives of the Community Intervention Unit (CIU) of The Leprosy Mission Trust India’s (TLMTI) Shahdara Hospital took part in an alliance-building workshop for civil society organisations (CSOs) working in the disability sector, organised by The Evangelical Fellowship of India Commission on Relief (EFICOR), in New Delhi, on May 11.