Current Projects

Since April 2024, Colombia (Felehansen) and Indonesia (PerMaTa-YDTI) have been implementing this pilot project, initiated and supported by the Sasakawa Health Foundation, to establish a new system for the sustainable identification and promotion of new leaders who can serve as role models for other people affected by leprosy and strengthen

We are now almost at the end of our empowerment project supported by Misereor Germany in the districts of Bantaeng and Barru in South Sulawesi. Meanwhile, strong and active teams are running independently in Barru and Bantaeng. They carry out awareness-raising activities in communities and schools and offer peer support

Pangkep, Maros, Soppeng, Sidrap in South Sulawesi and Ambon City in Maluku – these are the districts we cover in this empowerment project with the support of the Sasakawa Health Foundation. The young teams of PerMaTa South Sulawesi visits their peers in these districts and encourages them to join our

Persons affected by leprosy in Indonesia often do not have adequate medical and rehabilitative care. This worrying development needs attention and concrete action. YDTI and PerMaTa South Sulawesi are advocating to improve health care and rehabilitation services. We inform, train, question and collect evidence to increase understanding about the needs