You choose Christmas gifts for your friends and family members – and the gifts will be provided to people experiencing leprosy around the world who need our help most. It’s that simple! All you need to do is have a look through the new, expanded range here. You can order online, right now, or call us on Free phone 0800 862 873 Monday-Friday, 8.30am-5pm.
Left undiagnosed and untreated, leprosy damages the nerve endings of hands and feet. Without the sense of touch, the person becomes unable to feel pain and discomfort.
$10
For many people affected by leprosy living in remote, poverty-stricken areas of developing countries, any kind of medical treatment is very hard to come by.
$15
A symptom of leprosy is 'dropped foot', caused by damage to nerve roots, which makes walking very difficult. Following surgery, even sturdy crutches can be beyond the means of a poor family.
$19
This Really Good Gift includes a range of hardy seeds for fantastic vegetables, and advice on how to grow a bumper crop. For a family left impoverished and hungry by the consequences of leprosy.
$22
The vicious cycle of poverty and leprosy can make it very hard for families to afford school materials. This Really Good Gift provides all the practical equipment a child needs to go to school for a year.
$30
This Really Good Gift helps provide the training, initial investment and ongoing support required for a family affected by leprosy to start a small business.
$50
This Really Good Gift will provide a budding carpenter with a full box of tools. It will include everything the person needs to generate an income following training with the Leprosy Mission.
$60
Your gift of a goat will be very popular with animal lovers – and a young family affected by leprosy. Happy to munch away on weeds, leaves and kitchen waste, just one goat can provide milk...
$75
The last thing an impoverished family grappling with leprosy can afford is to send their daughters to school. Girls often miss out on reading and writing, learning a trade, and the opportunity to...
$83
Blindness can be a particularly debilitating result of leprosy for many people, especially when it is combined with not being able to feel your way around with your hands and feet.
$90
Just a small investment can provide a Nepalese family struggling to cope with the effects of leprosy with beehives, plenty of bees, training in beekeeping and a honey extractor.
$111
The Leprosy Mission provides a range of vocational training to young people affected by leprosy, and you can help provide the equipment they need to start their very own business.
$150
Many people affected by leprosy are shunned by former customers and friends, and turned down for jobs. A gift of a dairy cow is of tremendous benefit – it regularly provides milk, a form of transport...
$217
By far the most debilitating aspect of leprosy is the historical social stigma of the disease. At the first mention of leprosy, a person can be banished from their home and their community...
$226
Leprosy is surprisingly easy to cure and treat, and as soon as treatment begins, it is no longer infectious. This gift will help provide the access to treatment needed to cure a person from leprosy...
$314
This Really Good Gift will enable a community affected by leprosy to install a clean water pump, washing areas, and a female bathing room. Families will be kept safe from waterborne diseases...
$471
Escaping the daily struggle of surviving in poverty – with limited access to food, clean water, and medical care – is far easier to achieve if a community works together.
