Book Launch - 'When Hope Came: Thailand, Leprosy, and a Legacy of Caring' by Janet Walmsley

Name: Book Launch - 'When Hope Came: Thailand, Leprosy, and a Legacy of Caring' by Janet Walmsley
Start: 2024-11-09T14:30:00+1100
End: 2024-11-09T17:00:00+1100
Location: St Luke's Anglican Church

Sat, 9 Nov, 2:30pm - 5pm AEDT

St Luke's Anglican Church

enmore, australia

Leprosy Mission Australia

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For too long, people suffering from leprosy were rejected by society and estranged from loved ones. In a remote island sanctuary in Northern Thailand, Trevor and Heather Smith dedicated their lives to changing this. This remarkable Australian couple battled floods, stigma, poverty and isolation in order to build a community of acceptance for people who had been 'thrown away'.

Theirs is a story of resilience and faith, of pioneering medical and social innovation, and of dedication and perseverance 'against all odds' for 50 years.

Most of all, it is a story of hope.

Event includes Afternoon Tea, and a Q&A session chaired by Dr. Greg Clarke, CEO of Leprosy Mission Australia.

Copies of the book When Hope Came will be available for purchase at the event for $40. Profits from book sales will fund the training of doctors in Timor-Leste to understand and treat leprosy.

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Inspired by Jesus’ instructions,

“...Go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy... Freely you have received; freely give.” (Matthew 10:7-8)

Leprosy Mission Australia partners with Australians to ensure that people affected by leprosy across the world get the cure, care, and restoration they need to live life in all its fullness.

In 1913, Alice and Wellesley Bailey travelled to Australia to inspire Australians to show the love of Christ to people affected by leprosy.

Since then, over the course of more than 100 years, Australian supporters through Leprosy Mission Australia have been dedicated to defeating leprosy and transforming lives across the world.

Our vision of a leprosy-free world has kept us passionate in prayer and determined in generating financial support. This enables us to extend the hand of ‘mateship’ to people affected by leprosy and disability currently in India, Nepal, Nigeria, Thailand and to our nearest neighbours in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Timor-Leste.

While the development of Multi-Drug Therapy (MDT) has provided significant in-roads to treating leprosy over the last few decades, to truly defeat the disease, there is more to be done. In line with The Leprosy Mission Global Strategy 2019-2023, we are determined to work towards the following goals:

Zero Leprosy Transmission by 2035
Zero Leprosy Disability
Zero Leprosy Discrimination

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