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The plight of China’s 300,000 lepers is unimaginable. Although the disease is not communicable, many of China’s lepers suffer permanent debilitating conditions from leprosy. People with this dreaded disease receive the equivalent of only $12.50 a month for food, medicine, surgeries, clothing, and other expenses. Leprosy begins with a small white spot on the skin. Unless treated immediately, the spot spreads. Without treatment, leprosy continues to consume a person’s hands, feet, and eyes. The result is a brutally gnarled body, loss of feeling in the arms and legs, and blindness caused because the leper cannot blink his/her eyelids. The eyes become so brittle that they crack. When the sores become too extensive, the limbs must be amputated. Without treatment, the diagnosis of “leprosy” is a life sentence of pain, disability, and social isolation. The good news is that CHINA CONNECTION provides personal care, surgery and rehabilitation for people with leprosy. Human contact and compassion provides hope where there was once isolation and loneliness.
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$4 - Basic “health insurance” for one person for one month
$12 - Part-time personal caregiver for two patients for a month
$28 - One share of medical equipment, surgery or rehabilitation
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FEATURED PROJECT -Biotechnology for Cooking & Conservation-  ****************
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