Kosangi grew up in a non-Christian family of nine. Most of his family has died. When Kosangi was 15 years old he contracted leprosy. As Kosangi got older he had to tend a small herd of goats each day from dawn to dusk in a coconut grove near his home in the cowshed compound where …
My name is Vellathai and I was born in a remote village. My life was smooth and happy. I got married at the age of fourteen and with my husband we had four children, one girl, and three boys. Our life was going well at that time but one day I had a pain in …
Hear our Leprosy Friends’ Testimonies One of our Leprosy Friends said… “I am so happy because I found that Jesus cares for me, and I feel His love. Now I feel so joyful and energetic, like I drank two portions of a vitamin tonic!” One woman shared; “I got very sick and I thought I …
When Saveriayar was 11 years old he got this leprosy disease. The same year he got the disease his father died also. He got married and he went to work. He has 3 kids now. But his wife chased him away because of his disease getting worse and now she is living with some other …
Seniyammal got married, but when she was 25 years old she got this leprosy disease. Now her kids are grown and they are working. Seniyammal shares with tears; “My children are feeling so uneasy to touch me, and even speak with me, it breaks my heart. My one son told me that I cannot stay …
When Thangaraj was 6 months old his mother died. At age 10 he got this leprosy disease. Thangaraj shares; “My father was caring for me and tried to help me to get healed from this disease but it began to grow more, so my relatives they hated me. When my father was alive he cared …
How could an elderly man who was an orphan and can’t remember his parents… who lived destitute on the streets his whole life… who contracted leprosy as a young man and suffered with it for forty years… who lay in a hospital, nearly blind, unable to walk… given up to die… now have a home… …
Haniba shares; “I was working in a company and an oil pan fell on my hand causing me to loose my fingers. After that the leprosy disease began to grow in my body also. I was working in the bus stand to drive the taxi but now this disease has grown in my body so …
When Pappammal was 30 years old she got leprosy disease. Pappammal shares; “My husband chased me out from the house because of my disease. I have no kids. Now my husband is also dead. I don’t have anyone to care for me. I don’t have anywhere to stay after I leave from this hospital”.
When Supramani was 23 he got the disease of leprosy. A year later when he was 24 he lost both of his parents. Supramani lost his parents because of some disease that was spreading through his village and they didn’t have any hospital facilities. Supramani shares; “If I would have had the medical facilities I …
