Author: lmission

The Rotary Club of Kolkata organised their Annual Endowment Awards Ceremony, on April 19. TLMTI’s Snehalaya in Bankura was awarded the Rotarian Santanu Chatterjee Memorial Award for their work in providing residential care to elderly leprosy patients who have been rejected by their families because of the stigma attached to the disease, in their Snehalaya (Mercy Home).

The Leprosy Mission Trust India’s (TLMTI) Women’s Empowerment through Education, Advocacy, Livelihoods Training and Health (WEALTH) project organised a two-day workshop on adult literacy teaching methodology for its staff and staff of TLMTI’s S, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, from April 26 to 27. Mr O.P. Chaurasia and Mr Sudhakar Mansingh from Literacy House, an institution that promotes adult literacy through training and capacity building, based in Lucknow, conducted the workshop as the resource persons. Thirteen project staff and 46 volunteers took part in the workshop.

The Leprosy Mission Trust India’s Barabanki Hospital (in Uttar Pradesh) organised a four-day free diabetes and hypertension detection camp, in Barabanki, from April 25 to 28.

When the world celebrated Valentine’s Day on February 14 with its usual fun and fervour, The Leprosy Mission Trust India’s Inclusive Holistic Development of Individuals with Disabilities (IHDID) project, in Kothara, Maharashtra, found a novel way to celebrate the day.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), under their corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative, donated a Laser Therapy Machine to The Leprosy Mission Trust India’s Shahdara Hospital, in New Delhi, to be used in its Physiotherapy Department. Mr Hitesh (Head, Administration Dept), BHEL, Noida, inaugurated the machine, on May 8.