Pray with us
How you can pray with us
Prayer is central to all that we do. We would love you to be involved in the prayer life of The Leprosy Mission. Each year we produce the ASK Prayer Diary, which provides a global overview of The Leprosy Mission’s work. You can view the ASK Prayer Diary week by week below, download a PDF of the full year, or request a printed booklet.
You can also follow our prayer life through the PrayerMate app, where we provide daily prayer requests for the work to defeat leprosy delivered direct to your phone. Get involved with PrayerMate here.
Monday
Pray for good discussions between Yayasan NLR Indonesia and TLM Australia as they prepare to set up and implement at least one new project in the second half of 2025.
Tuesday
Pray for more churches and Christian organisations in Indonesia to become aware of the need to support people with leprosy to live lives of dignity and purpose.
Wednesday
Pray for the project team as they re-establish partnerships with local governments and advocate for leprosy to be included in local budgets after the change over of government in 2024.
Thursday
Give thanks to God that successful advocacy efforts under the Leprosy Friendly Villages project have resulted in the Kuningan district government establishing a regulation that all villages must implement a leprosy control programme. Pray that more districts will follow suit.
Friday
Pray for Phase II of the PEPCOM project. Pray that community leaders, religious leaders, and other influential people in the society will join this initiative willingly and become advocates for the project’s goals.
Saturday / Sunday
Pray for Phase II of the PEPCOM project. In Phase II, the project will identify networks of other organisations that are advocating for the inclusion of vulnerable communities. This includes minorities, persons with disabilities, persons affected by leprosy, and others. Pray that we can work together with them to help vulnerable people access their rights without stigma or discrimination.
About TLM Indonesia
Indonesia ranks third in the world for the number of leprosy cases. The Leprosy Mission does not have staff in Indonesia, but works on three projects on the island of Java through our partner, Yayasan NLR Indonesia. This happens thanks to funds from TLM offices in Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Belgium.
The PEPCOM (Post Exposure Prophylaxis in Community) project (funded by New Zealand) supports the work of the local health facilities in Indramayu. This happens through three interventions: intensified efforts to search for cases, providing a preventative antibiotic to contacts of someone newly diagnosed with leprosy, and strengthening community involvement and empowerment.
Two projects, Leprosy Friendly Villages and the Urban Leprosy Project (both funded by Australia), work towards zero transmission. The Leprosy Friendly Villages project operates in Kuningan, which is in rural West Java. The project works to reduce stigma and discrimination so that we can establish villages that are supportive of leprosy diagnosis work.
The Urban Leprosy project in Bekasi works in urban, informal settlements in a district near Jakarta. The project aims to increase the number of people who are diagnosed and treated through the public and private health sectors.