We find, cure and care for the Leprosy affected people of Nepal
Promise Nepal is a U.K. registered charity founded in 2000. We are a group of medical and other professionals who all give our time and expertise free of charge.

We pay our own travel costs and all other expenses so that every penny you donate goes directly to help a leprosy-affected person in Nepal.

Today, leprosy is a curable disease and sufferers are non-infectious just 72 hours after they begin treatment.

The World Health Organisation continues to spearhead the global alliance to eliminate leprosy worldwide.

12 million sufferers have been cured since 1985 yet leprosy, sadly, remains endemic in Nepal where the W.H.O still considers it a threat to public health.

"What Promise Nepal does"

Promise Nepal has worked with the Nepalese specialist, Dr Pradhan, to build a sustainable hospital.

Dr Pradhan has a medical team of 2 doctors, 2 nurses, a laboratory technician/accountant, a physiotherapist, and a driver/ handyman.

Dr Pradhan's team of locals provides much needed medical care, curing, caring for and rehabilitating leprosy affected patients.

We help disabled former leprosy sufferers to learn new skills with which they can earn a living, restoring some independence and dignity.

Promise Nepal also provides much needed educational opportunities for the children of leprosy-affected people.

"What we've achieved so far"

Promise Nepal was given the challenge of turning around Kalaiya Leprosy Colony in southern Nepal. The colony consisted of a group of desperate leprosy suffers who survived solely by begging. Promise Nepal spent several days with the villagers asking them what their needs were. As a result we worked with them to provide a new infrastructure from which they could build a sustainable future. Promise Nepal has:
  • supplied clean water, showers and toilets.
  • built a workshop, medical clinic, office, cr√ãche, and staff accommodation.
  • provided a four-wheel drive vehicle to allow Dr Pradhan and her team to conduct roadside clinics in remote parts of the country where medical care is desperately needed. (This is an excellent opportunity to find leprosy sufferers.)
  • provided the finance to establish a 14-bed leprosy hospital in Kathmandu where Dr Pradhan and her team care and cure for leprosy affected victims. We continue to provide the daily running costs of this vital facility.
  • co-sponsored a Nepalese student through medical school. After graduation this student is committed to work in the leprosy field for a minimum of 3 year.
  • paid for a Nepalese woman to study for a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
  • recently funded a specialised wound care course held at Anandaban Leprosy Hospital. This focused on the techniques required to care for wounds specific to leprosy affected people, whose inability to feel pain makes them particularly susceptible to repeated injuries and leads to a vicious circle of infection and disabilities.
 


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Message from René Stäheli,
President of the International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations

On the occasion of the 57th World Leprosy Day, I am writing to you on behalf of the 14 Members of the International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations (ILEP). I would like to extend greetings to all those affected by leprosy and our thanks to all those individuals, organisations and governments actively working together for a world without leprosy.

Over the last 43 years, ILEP Members have helped cure many millions of people affected by leprosy and continue to support vital leprosy work in 82 countries. In addition to the treatment provided, ILEP Members have also helped to prevent disability, reduce stigma and discrimination, and restore dignity to those affected.