Human Rights Review on Leprosy by PerMaTa Sulsel/YDTI
9 March 2022. The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a regular review of the human rights records of all 193 UN member states. In 2022, after 5 years, it is Indonesia’s turn again to report on its progress in realizing human rights for its inhabitants. In addition to the report by the government itself, interest […]
Talkshow about leprosy on national television
8 February 2022. Part of this year’s World Leprosy Day celebrations and activities was a talk show on national TVRI. Invited were Ms. Andi Erna, Head of the Provincial Health Department for Communicable Diseases, Al Qadri, Vice Chairman of PerMaTa National and member of the YDTI Board, and Kerstin Beise, Chair of YDTI. Joining from […]
World Leprosy Day 2022 – Convoy through South Sulawesi
31 January 2022. World Leprosy Day is celebrated every last Sunday of January. With financial support from the Sasakawa Health Foundation and NLR Indonesia, YDTI and PerMaTa South Sulawesi organized a convoy of 6 cars and a number of motorcycles through 9 districts of South Sulawesi. Over 200 people joined the journey in the different […]
New group of young people affected by leprosy trained by their peers
20 November 2021. “Sipakatau” is a group of young people in Gowa, South Sulawesi who are affected by leprosy and who have been guided and trained in a 2-year project by PerMaTa South Sulawesi / YDTI to become agents of change in their communities. They are now in a new project supported by VOICE Indonesia […]
Awareness about leprosy through TV and Radio
5 November 2021. Leprosy is only feared so much because people don’t know what it is. Dare This Indonesia (YDTI) and PerMaTa South Sulawesi inform society through a number of different media. Sasakawa Health Foundation (SHF) supported us to get television and radio involved in awareness raising. We organized a number of TV talk shows […]