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 ...

Some of you will already know that one of our Self Help group heros, Mainudin Dafali, passed away at the end of April this year. He had been unwell for some time with cancer of the tongue and had been in India for treatment. He leaves behind his new wife Sakila, and their baby daughter Upsana. Mainudin was a key figure in our Stigma Elimination Programme (STEP) from 2002 onwards because of his enthusiasm and commitment to helping people who were, like himself, affected by leprosy. Mainudi...

We have been informed that the order we have placed for batik cards is about to be dispatched from Kathmandu (as at 18th June), and so we should have them soon. Once they have arrived, we will put some pictures onto the website so that you can see if there are some cards that you would like to order. Don't miss out!

NLT has been informed that the Vitality London 10000 Run is now to take place at Hatfield Park on 11th July. This is a surprise, and even now may not happen as the situation is changing daily, but for now we can gear up for this run which we have been looking forward to for two years now!   Our runners will be at least the same five who ran on 31st May at Maidenhead, and as we have six places, we can add another runner if we can find one! So once again, so soon after the pr...

The Himalayan Times published the news last Friday (11th June) that the vaccination programme that had restarted on 8th June had stopped again on the 11th as all available vaccines for Kathmandu had run out. This programme was aimed at the 60 - 64 years age-group but has only scratched the surface of the need. Nepal desperately needs vaccines and has negotiated for a million shots from China which should help in due course. currently only 2.4% of the population of nearly 30 million has had two j...