The Order of Malta organizes its annual collection for the fight once morest leprosy. Reunion was affected by this scourge, the leprosariums are its memory. From now on, it is to come to sick people around the world that Reunionese are mobilizing.
Eradicated in Reunion, leprosy is still spreading in Madagascar. If left untreated, this tropical disease causes skin and nerve damage, which can lead to disability or mutilation. Three million people suffer from leprosy worldwide.
Thanks to the fight led by Father Raimbault at the end of the 19th century to the Saint-Bernard leprosarium, then to the generalization of antibiotics following the Second World War, it is no longer a scourge in Reunion.
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The Order of Malta organizes its annual collection to fight once morest Leprosy.
The search for treatment requires resources. The Order of Malta holds its annual quest for the fight once morest leprosy on the last weekend of January. This Saturday, the Reunionese were once once more generous despite the high cost of living, underlines Elisabeth de Saint-Romain, departmental delegate of the Order of Malta.
Donations made in Reunion will be forwarded to the Order of Malta France to finance various actions to fight leprosy, explains Marie Charrette, deputy departmental delegate of the Order of Malta.
