Radio 4 Appeal on 31 October 2010
LEPRA Health in Action has been selected for the BBC Radio 4 Appeal
The appeal, focussing on lymphatic filariasis, a disease spread by mosquitoes is to be broadcast on Sunday 31st October at 7.55am. BBC health correspondent Fergus Walsh will be reading the appeal to highlight our work with LF and will ask for £8 donations to buy self-care kits to reduce swelling, fungal skin infections and fevers.
When, age one, Shankar began to show signs of lymphatic filariasis (LF) his frightened parents did not know where to turn for help.
By the time Shankar was seven this swelling had become so severe that he was in constant pain and suffered from terrible fevers. He had also become an object of ridicule by his young classmates, so much so that he stopped going to school.
When the LEPRA India team met Shankar they were shocked to see such a young child so severely affected.
Now with help from LEPRA, Shankar’s condition has improved dramatically.
Listeners will also be invited to pledge £25 to enable a LEPRA-trained health worker to spread health messages about LF to a remote community.
The broadcast will give us a wonderful opportunity to inform both existing and new supporters about the way our work is helping people affected by this disabling and stigmatising disease in India and Bangladesh.
Please share the date of our appeal, we rely on the help of people like you to make sure we can continue to restore health, hope and dignity to more people like Shankar.
Our work in fighting diseases of poverty just could not happen without people like you. Diseases like leprosy, lymphatic filariasis, malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS and the issues faced by the people they affect are something many of us are unlikely to face in our own lives. This makes you, as a supporter, very special. Your gift today will help someone you may never meet, yet it will change their life.
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