Your Support

Changes Lives

Lepra’s ground-breaking work with vulnerable communities in India and Bangladesh is only made possible, through the kindness and generosity of our incredible supporters.

92p in every pound Lepra raises, goes directly to the projects and programmes our supporters care so deeply about. The remaining 8p, goes to help raise the next £1!

Although fundraising is crucial for our work, World Leprosy Day serves an equally valuable opportunity, for raising awareness of a disease which many people have forgotten even exists.

From World Leprosy Day and throughout 2023, we are asking our dedicated supporters to help us raise the profile of leprosy at a time when it’s most needed.

You can help bring attention to this neglected disease in many simple ways. Our collective actions, no matter how small, can make a huge difference to the global perception of leprosy.

Whether asking a friend to sign up for Lepra News, sharing our social media posts, booking a free talk for your school or place of worship or even offering your time as a volunteer, your positive actions can have a significant impact and Elin’s friends and family met to support one another and see Elin’s light continue to reach far and wide. donations are enough to pay two nurses to look after patients post-surgery for a year. Finally, as part of ensuring we can reach people before their injuries need reconstructive surgery, the funds raised can train 15 village doctors to recognise symptoms of leprosy and LF, a crucial step in early diagnosis and treatment.

Scan the QR code to visit our web-page and find out how you can help us ‘Shine a Light on Leprosy’ in 2023!

To date, the donations received in Elin’s name are £15,699. The impact of this for the people we support is incredibly significant. The donations are enough to enable us to run an operating theatre for a year, as well as fund a surgeon and a set of surgical instruments.

A surgeon working in this environment across a year can undertake 450 reconstructive surgeries. These reconstructive surgeries are vital to someone who has had a late diagnosis of leprosy and has become debilitated by the loss of movement in either their hands, feet, or both. As well as this, the

Going forward, we plan to place a plaque of remembrance for Elin in the garden of our Blue Peter Health and Research Centre in Hyderabad, which treats and supports over 200,000 people a year. The plans to rejuvenate the centre’s garden will mean that patients will have a calm and comfortable area to wait for their treatment.

Elin’s extraordinary passion will bring hope and dignity to the lives of so many people, and her light will indeed continue to shine long into the future.

Our sincere thanks go to everyone who has supported the range of challenges taken on in Elin’s memory

We are honoured to receive such heartfelt, meaningful support, and would like to reiterate that this continued kindness in Elin’s memory truly will make a lasting difference for thousands of vulnerable people

£1 from you, we get two!

Amazing News from our winter match funding campaign