We live in a world of devastating inequality. Covid-19 has made that painfully clear. It has to stop.

ENAPAL is Ethiopia’s National Association of Persons Affected by Leprosy. Their origins extend back to the 1990s and their three decades of growth and success make them one of the world’s leading organisations of persons affected by leprosy (OPL).

The Covid-19 pandemic has been a difficult experience for billions of people, but for people affected by leprosy, it has been a time of incredible difficulty. Our partners at GPZL have been looking into exactly what this means.

Understanding the transmission of leprosy will help us to combat transmission of the disease, as well as other problems associated with leprosy.

This innovative crab-farming project has been turning heads within the leprosy sector because it has transformed a whole community.

An overview of our human rights work

Tharshika was diagnosed with leprosy as a child. Now an adult, Tharshika supports children affected by leprosy through her work with our partner in Sri Lanka, KKM.

The Leprosy Mission attended the UN's 16th Conference of State Parties on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability in June 2023.

What has been the experience of persons affected by leprosy during the pandemic?

Leprosy is the oldest disease known to man, but we believe that we can be the generation that ends it for good. We believe that there will be no more cases of leprosy after 2035. But we need your support. Here’s how you can help.

Joaquina went from living on the margins to providing jobs for her community.