Source: AI-generated image created using Microsoft Copilot (2026). The image is an original visualisation developed for this project and does not intentionally reproduce any copyrighted work.
Our hearts are with the people of Nepal following the devastating floods that have struck the country.
On 26 August 2026, severe flash floods swept through communities along the Bhote Koshi River, causing catastrophic loss of life and destroying homes, roads, bridges and vital infrastructure. Families have been left grieving, displaced and without access to many of the basic necessities they need to survive. Search, rescue and relief efforts are continuing, while the full extent of the devastation is still becoming clear. For many families, life has changed in a matter of minutes. Homes and livelihoods have been swept away. Communities have been cut off. People are facing the immediate challenges of finding safe shelter, food, clean water, hygiene supplies and medical care. Nepal needs our help. At Nepal Leprosy Trust, we have a long-standing connection with communities in Nepal and a deep commitment to standing alongside people who are vulnerable and marginalised. We are launching an emergency appeal with a goal of raising €8,000 to help provide practical support to people affected by the floods.
Your donation can help provide essential relief such as: 🥫 Food and essential household supplies 💧 Clean water and hygiene items 🏠 Emergency shelter and basic necessities 🩺 Medical and health-related support 👕 Clothing and essential items for families who have lost their belongings 🤝 Support for vulnerable families as they begin the long road to recovery
Every donation matters €10, €25, €50 or €100 can make a meaningful difference when we come together. Our target is €8,000, but behind that figure are real people – mothers, fathers, children, elderly people and families who are facing an unimaginable situation.
Please consider making a donation today.
Together, we can help bring practical assistance, dignity and hope to families affected by this devastating disaster. Help us reach €8,000 Donate today and stand with Nepal via Paypal:
We are delighted to announce the generous donation of a Philips C-Arm Mobile Imaging Unit (BV Endura) by the HSE and Mercy University Hospital, Cork to Nepal Leprosy Trust (Ireland).
This advanced medical imaging device has been transferred to our partner organisation, Nepal Leprosy Trust (Nepal), for use at Lalgadh Leprosy Hospital and Services Centre, located in Province 2, Nepal. The C-Arm unit plays a vital role in enhancing the medical care of leprosy patients in the region.
Importantly, the unit’s services will also be made available to the wider local community, with any income generated being reinvested to support and sustain leprosy treatment and outreach services in Province 2. This initiative marks another step forward in our vision of developing a sustainable healthcare model for the hospital.
We sincerely thank the HSE and Mercy University Hospital for their invaluable support. The generosity will directly improve the lives of countless individuals in Nepal.
We are in urgent need of funding to deal with the current Covid emergency in Nepal. Our colleagues at Lalgadh Hospital desperately need Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for themselves and oxygen equipment to support those tested COVID positive. The total amount required is €15,000
These costs are escalating daily due to shortage of supply.
HOW YOU CAN HELP – Please donate via PayPal on our website here
Lalgadh Hospital stands less than 50km from the Indian border in the south-eastern Terai region. Its proximity to the open land border means that many Nepalis travel to and from India for work, providing a fast, deadly route for the spread of Covid. Last week (early May 2021) the government reported between 9 and 10 thousand new Covid cases per day, with the real figures thought to be higher. Contrast this with a month ago when the figure was around 100 per day.
We are a little disappointed that we won’t get to meet all of our friends and supporters this year at our usual craft fairs. However if you wish to continue your support and order batik or silkscreen cards, we are happy to post them to you. Our cards are in limited quantities so don’t delay. The cards are €2.50 each plus €1 postage within Ireland. We are selling 5 cards for €11 plus €1 postage. You can pay here through Paypal, make sure to leave your postal address for delivery.
These are individually made by hand by artisans in Nepal. We bring stock back when we visit, which has not been possible this year, so our stock is low. as a result. It is an important income to the people we support. They get great pleasure knowing that their craft is sold and admired by many as well as bringing them income. It is a great boost for the makers who work in conditions very different from artists here in Ireland.
We also have plenty of 100% wool gnomes or happy Santa as some people call them, in 3 sizes and 3 colours in stock. They are available in red, green and grey. Stock in low in red, please select a second option if ordering the red.
Large are 43cm in height, €12 each
Medium are 34cm in height, €10 each
Small are 27cm in height, €8 each
Postage will vary depending on your size of order, they are very light in weight. You may wish to contact us to arrange sizes, colours and delivery just drop us a brief email to: info@nlt.ie
Christmas is coming, what a wonderful exciting time of the year.
Do visit us are some of out craft fairs over the next few weeks. Watch out for our lovely batik cards, suitable for every occasion, and for our little felt Santa gnomes. See more on out events page.
Join us on Saturday afternoon for Afternoon Tea Party , 2nd March 2019, from 4pm – 7pm. Indoors, in a beautiful home close to Straffan village, Co Kildare. A big thank you in advance to our host. Photo shows our last Afternoon Tea in 2014 as the rain started, can you believe it was almost 5 years ago. Contact Vera at info@nlt.ie for exact address details. All welcome.
It is the time of year again for sharing the joy and smiles from these guys. We have just just replenished our felt gnomes and batik cards from our Kathmandu workroom.
The potential of an Irish coffee morning, or similar event, to support a small village with micro finance in Lalgadh, south-eastern Nepal.
A total amount of €2,173 was donated to Sunderbasti Village Women’s Group for micro finance. This was the result of 3 Irish fundraising events, a coffee morning, a supper night and an afternoon tea party. The events were held in the hosts home and included friends and neighbours which, as well as creating a lovely atmosphere, has the added advantage of spreading the news about our work and about the lives of others.
We are extremely grateful to the hosts and to all who attended, your interest and encouragement in our work with the Nepalese people is greatly appreciated. We take this opportunity to thank you, on behalf of the women’s group, for your wonderful support.
Brief Project Details:
NLT Ireland fundraises, supports and enables NLT Nepal to eliminate leprosy and its associated stigma and provide human rights for individuals, empowering the most rejected to become respected community leaders. Our Sunderbasti Women’s Micro Finance project is to provide finance and support for 28 women and their families, enabling them to work towards empowerment, stigma elimination, social inclusion, human rights and dignity.
Sunderbasti Village is located 3 km south east of Lalgadh hospital. It is a rural area in the Terai (lowlands) in south-eastern Nepal. The 350 (breakdown below #) inhabitants are landless migrants from the time of the Maoist insurgency and are living in this area since 2009. Sunderbasti is a very poor community, lacking basic human needs. The women’s group have requested funds for micro finance to provide food for their family and to sell produce.
# Sunderbasti Village
Number of inhabitants
Male
Female
Notes
350
157
193
85 of the total population are under 15 years of age
Access to funds for the women will help provide food for their family as well as generate an income eg., a goat can provide enough milk for a family and the excess produce sold for income. The role of business owner can elevate the social status of an entire family.
Empowerment and participation in one’s own development process can bring lasting change to females and to their families. Our micro finance scheme includes money-handling skills, decision making skills and veterinary skills if relevant. Confidence in these areas has been proven to aid the presentation of potential sufferers for early diagnosis of leprosy to our compassionate hospital and community care staff.
This request from Sunderbasti’s Women’s Group is the result of a successful project we support in the nearby village of Khoksikhola. Khoksikhola have built a new community centre, have benefited from a new fresh water supply and large reservoir tank, new toilets and 15 women have received micro finance. This village has been transformed and the people’s self-development in clearly evident. Such improvements have happened in dozens of villages where NLT works with the villagers undertaking the laboring tasks. The main benefit of this success to the wider community is a revolution of empowerment, one small community’s success influencing another. We support this empowerment and stigma elimination one person at a time, one self-help group at a time and one village at a time.
Our support with Sunderbasti community has developed over the last few years and will continue with support gradually reducing when appropriate. Re-paid micro finance funding will continue to be reallocated to new beneficiaries, so the project will have long term impact and duration.
From our experience, access to and on-going support in 3 core areas can aid empowerment and bring lasting change to females, their families and the wider community:
Self-help group
Clean drinking water
Micro finance
Sunderbasti Village’s current development:
Self-help group – a Self-help group has been established and the members are meeting all their monthly requirements including making consistent savings
Clean drinking water- the provision of clean drinking water and the installation of toilets is currently under construction with development aid funding acquired by NLT Ireland
Micro finance – with the generous help of above fundraising endeavours this part of Sunderbasti’s community development is now currently being implemented.
If you wish to hear more about this project or to hold a coffee morning do get in touch with vera at info@nlt.ie
Support us to continue to fight the disease of leprosy and its associated stigma, here
Congratulations to all our staff and patients, our children’s unit in Lalgadh Leprosy Hospital in Nepal is being officially opened today.
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