The Lepramism Mission of India is the winner of this year's International Gandhi Prize in the Institutional category!
The President of the Lepramism Union of India (right) receives the award from the President of India at the Presidential Palace. On this occasion, Shri Ram Nath Kovind stressed that although the organisation has achieved a lot in the fight against leprosy, the disease still carries a social stigma that can and should be reduced only through continuous awareness raising.
Father Damien
Today marks the 135th anniversary of the death of Father Damien, a Belgian-born Roman Catholic priest and missionary who died of leprosy on Molokai Island, Hawaii.