In Nepal, children growing up in communities affected by leprosy face challenges most of us can hardly imagine.
Even though leprosy is curable, the stigma may run deep. Their children may be treated unfairly — denied education, excluded from opportunities, and trapped in cycles of poverty and shame.
But together, we can change this.

Why Your Sponsorship Matters.
🎒 Education & Dignity
 – Your support ensures that children from leprosy-affected families can go to school, gain confidence, and dream beyond the limits of stigma.
💖 Breaking Barriers
 – By sponsoring a child, you’re not only giving them opportunities — you are also breaking the chains of discrimination and showing them that they are valued.

How Sponsorship Works:

– Thanks to your monthly gift of €23, the child will go to school.
– You’ll receive updates and stories showing how your kindness is transforming a life.
– Most importantly, you become a voice of love and acceptance in a world that too often rejects them.

Your Impact:
– Keep a child in school, safe from child labour.
– Replace shame with confidence.
– Help restore dignity to families that have been marginalised for generations.

Together, We Can Break the Stigma!
Leprosy is not just a medical condition — it’s a social burden that unfairly punishes children. With your sponsorship, you can ensure these children are not defined by the disease but by their potential.
👉 Be the reason a child from a leprosy-affected community smiles with hope.

🌸 When you sponsor a child, you don’t just change a life — you rewrite a future.

We are excited to share that Julie will be running a marathon in support of Nepal Leprosy Trust. Julie’s connection to this cause runs deep. She and her husband spent six years living and working in Nepal.

By taking on this marathon, Julie is not only challenging herself but also creating an opportunity for others to join her in making a difference. Every step she takes will be in support of the Trust’s work, helping to provide resources and opportunities to those who need them most.

We invite you to support Julie in this incredible effort through donations.

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The Department of Public Health Mid-West has launched a fundraising campaign to help develop the laboratory facilities at Lalgadh Leprosy Hospital in Nepal.

The ultimate aim of Lalgadh Leprosy Hospital to become completely self-sustainable in the future. A significant proportion of their care is self-funded through general care, with leprosy care free-of-charge. Developing their laboratory services will help them towards sustainability, as well as improving the range of health care and diagnostics they can supply to the area they serve.

Public Health Mid-West has formed a committee to oversee the campaign, comprising Public Health doctors, nurses, surveillance, administration, and communications. The department expect to host a number of fundraising initiatives, including participating in this year’s Great Limerick Run.

Staff nurse Eimear Dwan, who has been working on the pandemic frontline with Public Health Mid-West since 2020, will take part in the Great Limerick Run marathon in aid of this charitable cause.

All donations are processed through the Nepal Leprosy Trust Ireland charity. Members of the public can donate through iDonate here: www.idonate.ie/PublicHealthMW

The department has had close ties with the hospital, its clinical team, and the community for seven years, a partnership that benefits both partners.

The campaign is in conjunction with the ESTHER programme initiative, through which Public Health Mid-West has secured funding to pursue the aims and objectives of the partnership, both this year and in past campaigns.