Rating reports
Key data
| Income | £333,000 |
| Programme ratio | 85% |
| Admin. expenses ratio | 11% |
| Fundraising efficiency | 3p |
Output
>6,500 leprosy-affected people seen and helped to cope and earn a living, plus >33,000 other mainly skin disease & disabled patients
Reports
- Afghan Connection
- Africa Educational Trust
- Africa Now
- African Initiatives
- AfriKids
- Andrew Lees Trust
- BasicNeeds
- Blue Dragon
- Book Aid International
- Build Africa
- Cambodia Trust
- Excellent Development
- Health Unlimited
- Homeless International
- IMPACT Foundation
- International Childcare Trust
- MicroLoan Foundation
- Motivation Charitable Trust
- MSAVLC
- MyC4
- Nepal Leprosy Trust
- Pestalozzi Overseas Childrens Trust
- Prospect Burma
- Pump Aid
- Refugees United
- Riders For Health
- ShelterBoxTrust
- SolarAid
- Survivors Fund
- Target Tubercolosis
- Tools for Self-Reliance
- Tree Aid
- VETAID
- Vision Aid Overseas
- Women and Children First
Improving early access to leprosy diagnosis: The sooner leprosy can be identified, the less likely that leprosy-affected people will become disabled due to nerve damage. Every early diagnosis prevents inevitable disability and increases the financial independence of affected people.
Improving access to treatment for leprosy: Curing leprosy prevents transmission of the bacterium to other family and community members, preventing further suffering and potential disability. The 1,079 cases identified in 2007 could prevent a multiple of this number becoming infected. LLSC carries out reconstructive surgery where appropriate to improve functioning and opportunities.
Spreading knowledge of curability: Once leprosy treatment has begun, leprosy is no longer transmittable and is fully curable. Improving the understanding of this in society will increase the likelihood of people coming to the Centre for early diagnosis and treatment.
Reduction in stigma: Even after achieving a cure, deformed people are subject to abuse and rejection. STEP improves the rights, status and security of leprosy-affected people. Improving local knowledge increases acceptance of leprosy-affected people into community life and reduces fear.
Improving earnings opportunities: Leprosy-affected people with deformities are helped to look after themselves and to train for work in the sheltered workshop and in self-help groups. There is no state social security in Nepal. If families reject them, small animal husbandry, improved ploughing for better harvests, and crafts skills can all increase the earnings and independence of leprosy-affected people.
Development of local capacity: The training centre improves the identification and diagnosis of leprosy by local community health workers, as shown by the increasing number of referrals and new cases detected. In addition, LLSC’s management is helped to manage the Centre, record targets and progress, apply to and respond to donors, and develop future strategy.
Providing general hospital care: Non-leprosy patients benefit from the treatment of other conditions.
When Chimsi was 6 years old, her mother killed herself because of severe social rejection as a result of her leprosy. Chimsi developed leprosy herself at 16, losing sensation in her fingers, which later stiffened and broke into pieces. She was separated from her community and treated poorly. Once cured, she refused to go home, fearing loneliness, rejection and poverty. She was given a hospital laundry job. Now 50, she is happily married to a leprosy-affected man.
By the time Sushila was diagnosed with leprosy, her feet had started to ulcerate. Her husband built an outhouse for her to live in. Sushila lost her fingers, her right leg, and her left foot. When Sushila’s husband died, she became an outcast, begging door to door. At LLSC, her leprosy was cured and her wounds and complications were treated. She was given a wheelchair and accommodation. Now 70, all Sushila wants is “to sit and eat with people again”.
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