With self-confidence, ability overcomes disability, personal achievements defy stereotypes, and the "global burden of leprosy" becomes an international recognition of the contributions of outstanding individuals, for whom leprosy is just one chapter in their lives.

 

Mr. S.K. Jung, IDEA's President for Socio-Economic Empowerment, with Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, President of the Nippon Foundation.  Photo by Pamela Parlapiano

 

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