You can help find and cure young people quickly, before the disease shatters lives. And you can show children like Elisa that they are born for more than leprosy.
Every two minutes, someone is diagnosed with leprosy. That's more than 200,000 new cases a year. Although it is curable, millions of people worldwide are living with the effects of the disease, from physical disability to mental health problems, poverty and discrimination.
Everything we do is focused on our goals of zero leprosy transmission, zero leprosy disability and zero leprosy discrimination. We work in four key areas to achieve this.
We are a global Christian organisation leading the fight against leprosy. Following Jesus Christ, we seek to bring about transformation; breaking the chains of leprosy and empowering people to attain healing, dignity and life in all its fullness.
5506 people were cured of leprosy in Africa and Asia
531 young people in India affected by leprosy and disability enrolled on full-time job training courses
49,118 patients were cared for at Anandaban Hospital in Nepal
The India we see in the news is booming financially. But the gap between the rich and the poor is increasing at a worrying rate. Millions live in desperate poverty, so it’s little surprise that over half of the world’s leprosy cases continue to be found in India.
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Leprosy should be a thing of the past. Yet every year, thousands of the children are diagnosed with the disease. Many more are ‘hidden’, without the vital care and compassion they need.
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Celebrating Jackie for lighting the lamp of love for people with leprosy. Jackie Mackley was honoured for 60 years of incredible service to Welling Lamplighters at St John’s Church on Sunday – World Leprosy Day 2026. She is pictured alongside her husband Keith Mackley who has helped her lead the group since 1974.
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