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
Dr Ritu Ghosh, who is based in India, was appointed as Executive Director of GPZL in late 2024. Pray for Ritu as she brings her skills in advocacy and resourcing to this new role.
Tuesday
Last year, GPZL hosted a symposium to better understand the gaps and challenges in the work to end the transmission of leprosy. Thank God for continuing advances in scientific understanding and pray for researchers focusing on the priorities identified at the symposium.
Wednesday
GPZL wants to see all leprosy-endemic countries increase their use of the tools that are available to prevent leprosy. Pray for the work going on to support and encourage national governments to do this and to generate the needed funds.
Thursday
This year, a newly appointed ILEP Technical Commission is starting its term in office. Please pray for this eight-person Commission, who are embarking on an ambitious work-plan to tackle some of the big technical issues in leprosy.
Friday
ILEP is all about working together and learning from one another. Thank God for positive relationships between ILEP members. Pray for good results from current, innovative joint projects and ongoing enthusiasm to work collaboratively towards a world without leprosy.
Saturday
The ILEP Advisory Panel is a group of seven people with lived experience of leprosy who offer advice on how ILEP’s work to defeat leprosy can be more inclusive of persons affected by leprosy. Please pray for them as they link with national organisations of persons affected by leprosy, encouraging them to speak out on the issues that concern them, especially around discrimination and human rights.
Sunday
The recent publication of the World Health Organization’s ‘leprosy elimination framework’ has rekindled the desire within some countries to get through the ‘last mile’. This means moving a country from a few remaining cases of leprosy to the ultimate goal of no new cases. Pray for ILEP member associations working with WHO and countries worldwide to make it happen!
ILEP and GPZL
ILEP and GPZL are two major global leprosy networks through which The Leprosy Mission contributes to the fight to defeat leprosy.
International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations (ILEP)
ILEP is a consortium of 14 international not-for-profit organisations, including The Leprosy Mission, with a shared desire to see a world free from leprosy, a goal that none of us can achieve on our own. Through the programmes of its member associations, ILEP spans more than 60 countries and 1,000 project locations worldwide. Most of the global expertise in leprosy resides in ILEP’s members and their in-country partners.
Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy (GPZL)
GPZL is a global coalition whose members represent most of the world’s stakeholders that involved in leprosy work. They include the World Health Organization, organisations of persons affected by leprosy, the pharmaceutical company Novartis (which supplies anti-leprosy drugs), ILEP members (such as The Leprosy Mission), and other not-for profits and individuals who share our vision of a world without leprosy. We help to coordinate leprosy work in three areas: accelerating research, partnering with government leprosy programmes, and increasing advocacy to mobilise resources.