Your TLC transforms lives for whole families

Without TLC from kind supporters like you, Jadawati’s family would be living very different lives today.

helped him with a loan through a self-help group so he could train in electrical repairs and start his own business Now he can earn enough to care for his wife and children.

When the people in his community ostracised him due to leprosy... it’s your generosity that gave him the chance to build up his business and become the chair of his self-help group. Now people from all over the community respect him and refer repair jobs from fans to motors to him... and they greet him with 'namaste' in the street.

This is your impact through a Total Loving Cure – curing not only leprosy but giving a loving father acceptance and dignity.

When she and two of their daughters contracted leprosy, they could have been left for months or years without treatment, leading to nerve damage or even amputation of limbs. Instead, your generosity helped provide cures for them before they suffered any permanent disabilities.

When her husband with leprosy was not so fortunate and suffered a clawed hand due to leprosy, he could have eventually lost his hand... and his job as a builder. Instead, your heart of love meant he could receive reconstructive surgery at Anandaban Hospital. Now he’s back on the job and feeding his family.

You’ve given Jadawati and her family lives free from the devastation of leprosy! Bless you.

TAKE ACTION with a Total Loving Cure today!

Will you become a TLC Partner today with a loving commitment of $36 a month?

You can provide TOTAL care and treatment, LOVING acceptance of those most rejected and a CURE for every person affected by leprosy?

You can give monthly TLC to people in Nepal by choosing the Total Loving Cure option on the back of this magazine, call 1800 LEPROSY (1800 537 767) or visit www.leprosymission.org.au

When Jadawati needed to extra work to support her family, she could have been left with no options but to scrape by with the bare essentials. Instead, your kindness meant she could get a small loan to set up a small shop. Now business is thriving and the family has the extra security of her income.

This is your impact through a Total Loving Cure – curing leprosy within all affected family members and ensuring they can be self-sufficient in future. Your love has done this... thank you!

Dr Jeanette Hyland’s inspiring nursing career spanned decades and continents. Her work in Nepal meant she worked alongside many well-loved people from The Leprosy Mission in Nepal. She also helped set up foundational leprosy control and education programs in the country.

Now she shares with you lessons and highlights from her years of training and caring for people with leprosy in Nepal... and why she decided to leave a Gift in Will to this ministry.

A lifetime of caring. A legacy of love.

I became a nurse because I wanted to help people... it was my Christian faith that motivated me. My parents weren’t very well off and, in those days, nursing meant you got your room, board, uniform and a little bit of pocket money during your training. But I wasn’t interested in making money, I was interested in caring. Caring was the main thing.

Fighting the fear of leprosy

When I arrived in Nepal in 1969, leprosy was seen as a curse from the gods. It was something to be shunned. The workers used to go around from village to village and give talks on leprosy and encourage people to come forward to be examined, to see if they had any signs or not. But people were afraid to come forward. They were afraid to let their families know that they had leprosy. So often when people were diagnosed, they used to try and find another reason to come to the clinics rather than letting people