From April 2024, the Sasakawa Health Foundation, together with Felehansen in Colombia and PerMaTa-YDTI in Indonesia, will launch a trial that aims to establish a new system to sustainably identify and nurture new leaders who can serve as role models for others affected by leprosy, and to strengthen people’s organisations
We are now in the third year of our empowerment project supported by Misereor Germany in the districts of Bantaeng and Barru in South Sulawesi. In the first two years, our young PerMaTa team, who are themselves affected by leprosy, trained and accompanied young people affected by leprosy in these
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
