Gifts for life p34 98-99

The Gift of Sight

Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness in leprosy patients. Your gift will pay for someone like Mamunisha to have life-changing eye surgery. Thanks to your kindness she is able to go about her daily life without depending on anyone. Now that is some Christmas gift. £63 70118

sHOP FOR GOOD

Fantastic Physio

Photo © Smita Sharma

Since having reconstructive surgery and carrying out physiotherapy exercises at Premananda Hospital, Niranjan can now bend his fingers again. He is looking forward to going back to work and to no longer having people ask questions about his hand! £10 70074

Bundle of Bandages

This is Sunita, a nurse at Premananda Hospital. She is part of a team that travels out to remote areas to find new cases of leprosy. She is pictured here bandaging the foot of a patient. Your gift of bandages will prevent injuries to desensitised hands and feet and enable someone with leprosy to live their life to the full. £20 70054 Train a Nurse

Do you know anyone who has been a nurse? Leprosy is such a complex disease to treat that it requires specialist knowledge. Your generosity will train a nurse to provide the very best care for patients affected by leprosy in the best possible way. Many patients spend long periods in hospital far from home, so the nurses offer the support their friends and family cannot give. £185 70078

Clean Sheets

When a child such as Prisha has leprosy, complications can mean she will need to be admitted to hospital, sometimes for a long time, to ensure she gets the right treatment. Your gift provides a new set of sheets for The Leprosy Mission’s Hospital in Purulia, India, making her stay a little more comfy. £10 70122 Give a Gift for Life™ to a loved one which, in turn, makes a real and lasting difference to someone affected by leprosy.

Emergency Covid Vaccine for Myanmar

Are you grateful for your free Covid booster? Staff and vulnerable patients at The Leprosy Mission Hospital in Myanmar desperately need their Covid boosters. But recent events in Myanmar mean these have to be sourced privately. Your gratitude will pay for one precious booster vaccine which in Myanmar needs to be sourced privately. £25 70121

Food for a Month

People affected by leprosy often need to spend lengthy periods in hospital. Your gift pays for nutritious food for a patient for a whole month, raising their spirits and helping them get better quickly. £30 70124

Curing Leprosy

Namira’s Dad has leprosy. It costs just £24 to find and cure someone like her Dad. The earlier the treatment starts, the less likely he will be disabled. Within 72 hours of starting treatment he can no longer pass it on to his family. Cure someone like Namira’s Dad this Christmas. What a gift that would be! £24 70093

For more Gifts for Life see p2-3, 34 & 98-99 School Kits for Two Children

Your gift provides a uniform, shoes and school materials for two children affected by leprosy. Your kindness will provide everything the children will need to attend school and obtain an education, giving them hope for the future. £35 70113