
World Leprosy Day 2025
Happy World Leprosy Day 2025, celebrated in Pangkep, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, with PerMaTa members and supporters from all over the province, with special guest from PerMaTa West Jawa! The situation is not so happy, actually, with a severe lack of MDT leprosy treatment in some countries (Nigeria has not allowed any

Happy New Year 2025!
The year 2024 ended with the dreadful news of the death of Fichrin Hidayat, 19 years young, our friend, companion, leader of PerMaTa in Pangkep and enthusiastic participant in the SHF scholar programme. We mourn Fichrin but we also celebrate those young people affected who have overcome the challenges that

Surgery and Physiotherapy Training in Ambon and Toraja
Training in reconstructive surgery and physiotherapy for the benefit of persons affected by leprosy was conducted for the third time, this year in Toraja and Ambon. For the third time, the Leprosy Mission Netherlands supported us in conducting the training course, which was led by Dr Wim Theuvenet and Dr

Financial training for our district teams
September 2024. We conducted a financial training for our district teams from Ambon, Pangkep, Maros, Barru and Bantaeng to equip the young people affected by leprosy with sufficient knowledge and skills on financial procedures so that they can properly handle the funds from our donors. We stand for full transparency

Visit by Miss Supranational 2024 to PerMaTa-YDTI
August 2024. Miss Supranational 2024 – Harashta Haifa Zahra visited PerMaTa-YDTI as part of her work as ambassador for stigma reduction with the Sasakawa Leprosy -Hansen’s Disease- Initiative. She had the chance to meet many young and old people affected by leprosy, health care workers, and members of the media.