Many of you will remember the screening of Sue Carpenter's film 'I am Belmaya' that NLT made available to watch on World Leprosy Day in January this year. Many reported how much they had been moved by this enthralling film and it is having its public premiere on Monday 4th October. This is taking place at 6.20pm  at the Curzon Soho cinema, 99 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 5DY. There will be a Q&A with Sue hosted by BBC broadcaster Ashanti Omkar. This film is a gripping and candid insight into t...

The Batik Christmas Cards are now in the office processed, organised and photographed . And here they are for your perusal. The large ones are priced at £1.25 plus p&p (size 4 1/2″ by 6″). If you order 10 or more there will be a discount.  For large cards the cost will be £1.10 plus P&P.  The mini cards are 70p each plus p&p and if you order more than 10 they will be 60p each plus p&p Please send your order requests to info@nlt.org.uk Large Cards  ...

Ram Nandan Mahara is an older man, affected by leprosy, with a prosthetic leg, as his own leg was damaged by leprosy years ago. Ram came to Lalgadh Hospital early on, as a patient and by trade was a shoemaker. He joined the staff in the late 1990s working in the shoe department where he made many hundreds of special shoes for patients with feet damaged by leprosy. Ram retired in 2017 and had a difficult time as the authorities decided to widen the road in his village, which meant the destruc...

After missing out on NLT's 2020 sponsored walk because of Covid, we are looking forward to the next one which is on Saturday 2nd October. It will take place in Vicar of Dibley territory, starting and finishing at Ibstone Common (HP14 3XY by the cricket pitch - free parking by the common) just 1.7 miles south of junction 5 of the M40. It will pass through Turville Village - made famous by the 'Vicar of Dibley' television series, and will also pass Cobstone Windmill which featured in the film 'Chi...

The Batik Cards are now in the office being processed, organised and photographed in sections. Our first section is Ethnic and here is the selection for your perusal. They are priced at £1.25 plus p&p (size 4 1/2" by 6") and for the mini cards 70p plus postage and packaging (size 2 1/2" by 3 1/2").  You can choose just one card or several cards; from one section or different sections. If your order is for 10 or more there will be a discount.  For large cards the cost will be £1.10 and ...

All the NLT runners arrived at Hatfield Park at 8.20am on Sunday morning for the Vitality Run and found our way to the 'pens' where runners are grouped according to their likely run-times and set off in two waves. Matthew and Joe were in the faster group, and Ian, Julie and Amy were with the slower ones. There was a great atmosphere, even though the numbers were much lower than the usual 24000. Matthew managed to be in the very front row in the first wave and at 9am on the dot they ...