In Nigeria, a nation that takes pride in its expanding digital economy and the prospect of a cashless society, the forgotten ...

In our series of letters from African writers, Nigerian novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani writes about a woman whose life changed after she got a skin ailment and later visited a leprosy colony.

You can get something of a feel for what I mean by heading over to the aforementioned Brooklyn Vegan, who have just debuted a new song off of Utilitarian, “Leper Colony.” For the most part, it’s a ...

The decision to change the name of the chapel at the leprosy centre from Colony Chapel to Chapel of Hope was inspired by the aura that pervaded the hall whenever Whyte and the choir rendered his ...

More than 500 people were sent to a colony on Peel Island in Moreton Bay ... They all had one thing in common — they had been diagnosed with leprosy. Peel Island, pictured in the 1950s ...

Pune: It is a daily struggle to access safe drinking water for the residents of Leprosy Colony in Antulyanagar, Kondhwa-Yewalewadi. The colony is home to 2,000 people affected by leprosy ...

Lepers were often forced to live in leper colonies and not allowed to come close to towns and villages. Jesus did not like that the law separated someone from society because they were ‘unclean’.

resulting in a tale of the widespread devotion to two Catholic saints who cared for patients banished to Hawaii’s leprosy colony. Persistence is the one-word theme of this stunning project by Hawaii’s ...

Residents of Leprosy Colony in Pune struggle for safe drinking water, facing shortages despite efforts from the PMC and local NGOs to improve supply. Pune: It is a daily struggle to access safe ...