{"id":1077,"date":"2016-10-18T20:55:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T20:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nlt.ie\/?page_id=1077"},"modified":"2020-09-01T14:57:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T14:57:14","slug":"our-vision-and-mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/?page_id=1077","title":{"rendered":"vision and mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Empowering-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2314\" src=\"http:\/\/nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Empowering-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Our Vision &#8211; <em>b<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>eating leprosy, breaking stigma and building lives<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>NLT serves in areas of Nepal where leprosy is still prevalent. Our vision is to help eradicate leprosy; to overcome prejudice against those affected, and to improve people\u2019s standard of living.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Mission Statement\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>NLT is a family of Christian organisations based in Nepal, Ireland and the UK.\u00a0Our goal\u00a0is to eradicate leprosy\u00a0and its associated stigma\u00a0so that people can lift their lives out of poverty and disadvantage and enjoy health, well-being and respect.\u00a0We achieve this through\u00a0medical treatment, social education and village development projects, targeting\u00a0individuals, small groups and wider communities. The methods we use are considered best practice internationally and our programme outcomes are statistically measurable. We have been\u00a0working\u00a0for more than 40 years in Nepal in partnership with the Nepal Government.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"color: #67655e; text-align: left;\"><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&#8216;When he looked out over the crowds, his heart broke&#8217;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"color: #67655e; text-align: right;\"><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> Matthew 9 v 36 The Message<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Statement\u00a0of Faith<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Our work is inspired by the love of Jesus. We support and empower the outcast, the poor and the hungry, the stranger in our midst, the orphan and the sick.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8216;<em>For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,\u00a0I needed clothes and you clothed me,\u00a0I was sick and you looked after me &#8230; &#8216;<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Matthew 25 v 35-36 The Message<\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Vision &#8211; beating leprosy, breaking stigma and building lives NLT serves in areas of Nepal where leprosy is still prevalent. Our vision is to help eradicate leprosy; to overcome prejudice against those affected, and to improve people\u2019s standard of living. Mission Statement\u00a0 NLT is a family of Christian organisations based in Nepal, Ireland and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/?page_id=1077\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;vision and mission&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1077","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1077"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2486,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1077\/revisions\/2486"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}