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- After her death in 1997, a grant from the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund establishes the Diana Princess of Wales Health Education and Media Centre in Noida, near New Delhi, India. Its purpose is to promote the rights and inclusion of people affected by leprosy in Indian society through advocacy.
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Wellesley Bailey (1846-1937) first travels to India, intending to join the police force. But after lodging with a German missionary, God calls him to missionary work instead. While training to teach at a school in Punjab, he witnesses the devastating effects of leprosy for the first time.
Wellesley returns to Ireland with his wife Alice, having seen people severely disabled by leprosy, living in extreme poverty and rejected by society. They decide to raise awareness, giving talks about the people they met.
Wellesley and Alice start The Mission to Lepers. People begin to support the Mission financially and through prayer.
The Mission supports 100 people affected by leprosy in India. Wellesley and Alice continue to visit people affected by the disease and get support for their work.
Our first hospital opens in Purulia, West Bengal. It’s still one of our flagship medical centres today.
After a visit to Myanmar, Wellesley provides funds to establish Mawlamyine Christian Leprosy Hospital, which is still the main centre for leprosy treatment in the country today.
Wellesley travels further, extending the Mission’s work to China, New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore. During this tour, Wellesley gives more than 150 talks, meets many government officials and visits countless people affected by leprosy.
The Second World War affects much of the organisation’s work. Patients are dispersed as hospitals are caught in the conflict.
Dr Paul Brand (1914-2003), an orthopaedic surgeon, moves to India to teach at a hospital there. He encounters people affected by leprosy for the first time. He is inspired to research treatments for the disabilities caused by the disease.
Dr Brand becomes the first surgeon in the world to use reconstructive surgery on the hands and feet of people affected by leprosy. The techniques he pioneered are still in use today.
Jul 6, 2021 · After her death in 1997, a grant from the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund established the Diana Princess of Wales Health Education and Media Centre in Noida, near New Delhi, India. Its purpose is to advocate for and promote the rights and inclusion of people affected by leprosy, and other disabling diseases, in Indian society.
The Diana Princess of Wales Health Education and Media Centre in Noida, India, was opened in her honour in November 1999, funded by the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund to give social support to the people affected by leprosy and disability.
Former Patron of The Leprosy Mission, Great Britain. In November 1989, the world’s most famous woman made life-changing headlines during a visit to Sitanala Leprosy Hospital in Indonesia. When Princess Diana touched a person affected by leprosy, it changed how the world viewed the disease.
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The organisation aims to create awareness through the media on a number of diseases; leprosy, HIV-AIDS, cancer, malaria, TB and Hepatitis. The organisation also takes on an advocacy role in order to sensitise people on the issues concerning disabled people.
