News & Updates
Power of street theatre: it makes you laugh, it makes you think, and it brings...
The Leprosy Mission Trust India (TLMTI) is in the process of identifying newer locations for community engagement (community engagement is any process that involves the community in problem-solving or decision-making, and empowers them to make more informed decisions). It identified...
New Executive Director for The Leprosy Mission Trust India
Dr Mary Verghese, formerly Deputy Director – Programmes, and later Director – Operations of The Leprosy Mission Trust India was inducted as the sixth Executive Director of the organisation, in an event organised at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on...
Goodwill gesture of Kolkata Rotarians towards people affected by leprosy
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...
Functional adult literacy TLMTI builds capacity of its staff for better delivery
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...
Free diabetes and hypertension screening camp in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh
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. Four nurses from PTS Nursing College, Lucknow, supported TLMTI’s medical staff in the camp...
Celebrating Valentine’s Day on a different note
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....
A gracious gesture of BHEL for the well-being of leprosy patients
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),...