<p><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>&lsquo;Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows.&rsquo;&nbsp;&nbsp; Isaiah 1: 17b</strong></span><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>World Leprosy Day</strong></span> is celebrated on the last Sunday in January in over 100 countries.</p> <p>This year for <strong><a title="World Leprosy Day" href="http://www.worldleprosyday.org.uk" target="_blank">World Leprosy Day</a></strong>, The Leprosy Mission is aiming to raise funds and prayer support for staff, services and patients at its Naini hospital in northern India. Naini is close to a main station, so patients come from far and wide to receive treatment which otherwise might not be available to them.</p> <p>Could you support the work of Naini hospital this <strong><span style="color: #ff9900;"><a title="World Leprosy Day" href="http://www.worldleprosyday.org.uk" target="_blank">World Leprosy Day</a> </span></strong>and help to meet the needs of the huge numbers of leprosy patients, who are unlikely to receive the same level of care and rehabilitation if Naini didn&rsquo;t exist?&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>Rameshwa</strong></span> is a small boy at Naini hospital for surgery on his right hand. Being rural farmers, his mother is too poor to be able to leave work and stay in the hospital with him, and so he has been staying there on his own. This has been hard for him, but he is determined to have the surgery he needs. Although Rameshwa has had surgery, it was too late for sensation to be restored to his hands&nbsp; <a title="World Leprosy Day - Rameshwa" href="http://www.leprosymission.org.uk/resources/rameshwa.aspx" target="_blank">Read more about Rameshwa here</a></p> <p>Thank you for taking the time to visit The Leprosy Mission's&nbsp; JustGiving page for World Leprosy Day..</p> <p>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to The Leprosy Mission and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate -&nbsp;we raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</p> <p>Thank you for your continuing support.</p> <p>11WLD07</p>