Lepra Needs Your Support.

2020 is a leap year, so we get a whole additional day this month where we can make great changes! This February, you can 'Leap for Lepra' by signing up to one of our incredible challenge events, making a donation or simply raising awareness via our social media platforms. You can help change someone's life today. Meet Manikyamma Manikyamma grew up in a leprosy colony in India. Her parents were diagnosed and treated for leprosy and she grew up understanding that it was curable. In 2000 she was diagnosed with leprosy. She had developed a pale patch of skin on her hand and was diagnosed immediately. She started on multi drug therapy and followed Lepra’s advice on self-care and prevention of disabilities.    After being cured, Manikyamma became a lab attendant at the Blue Peter Public Health Centre and then trained to become a lab assistant. She has worked there ever since. Manikyama says "I am happy that I can share my experience of leprosy with others and that I can make people more comfortable about their diagnosis." Click the button below to read more about Manikyamma's story. Manikyamma's story International Women's Day Just £3, the price of a cup of tea and a biscuit, could send a Community Champion to teach a woman affected by leprosy how to care for her body and prevent disabilities. To receive your free Life-Changing Tea pack please click this link.

Will you join our Peak - Clique?   Team Lepra are taking on not one, but two '3 peaks' challenges this summer! We will be scaling the dizzy heights of the National 3 Peaks and the Yorkshire 3 Peaks - will you join us for one, or even both of these incredible challenges?   For more information on joining Team Lepra email Lucy Fenna on events@lepra.org.uk or call 0757901301