Needs and Progress of Leprosy Care ProjectLeprosy Care Ministry of Shalom is a grass-root organization in Yunnan province. The organization has been providing services to lepers since 2000. Domestic and overseas volunteers were invited to join the services as medical aid, cares and help to the patients living in leprosy villages in Yunnan.
In 2012, the organization became partner with TFish. With the support of the foundation, Shalom’s services cover more people. The project villages have increased to 8 with 117 patients from 5 around Kunming.
In October, 2015, Shalom organized 2 activities which lasted for 4 days. 50 clients were served by TFish and Shalom. Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry:People with leprosy are sent to isolated villages where they are abandoned and forgotten by society. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry has a special place in its heart for these people and organizes groups of volunteers to travel to villages plagued with leprosy in order to provide medical, living, and psychological assistance. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry is located in Kunming, Yunnan. 1. Visit Shuigou Village, Xundian County. From October 22 to 23, Shalom organized 7 volunteers and visited Shuigou village. they spent 2 days with 30 lepers. The lepers had been expecting the volunteers as usual by gathering on the yard. They greeted each other. On arriving, the volunteers began to serve the lepers. They were going to stay one night, so they had enough time to serve the patients. The patients were waiting on the line. They do not have doctors in the village, so they hoped more doctor can come and help them. Liang Ping prepared medicines according to their needs. She would prepared relevant medicines beforehand. Apart from the medicines, the patients hoped Liang Ping does acupuncture therapy for them, which would alleviate their pains. Liang Ping had planned to do nice treatment for the needy patients as she had enough time. Liang Ping was checking solar-powered bath system. The bath room is the significant event of the village this year, which is also the first big construction of Shalom. The solar-powered bath room would bring convenient for the villagers. That means they can take a hot water bath as us. Their hope could not have come true if there were not the support of TFish and Mr. and Mrs Zhao. They were holding a thank-you letter to thank TFish and Mr. and Mrs. Zhao. Though they could not smile as us, for their face nerves had been hurt, they expressed their gratefulness for TFish with their hearts. Patients were waiting on the line. They do not have doctors in the village
Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry:People with leprosy are sent to isolated villages where they are abandoned and forgotten by society. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry has a special place in its heart for these people and organizes groups of volunteers to travel to villages plagued with leprosy in order to provide medical, living, and psychological assistance. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry is located in Kunming, Yunnan.
In February of 2015, we visited lepers from Yangquangou and Zhushan villages and we also made plans to visit our friends, Lisu people, in Moon Village of Nujiang prefecture. On February 14, we organized volunteers from abroad and domestic for the visit. We brought donated gifts and visited Yangquangou village, Yiliang county before Chinese Lunar New Year. They not only brought greetings, but performances to 18 lepers and their families. We would like to share some photos for this activity. Leprosy patients were waiting for the volunteers early in the morning. Volunteers of Shalom would like to communicate with them before Chinese New Year. People are greeting volunteers in the yard. They were talking and sharing with each other. The volunteers are ready to give performances. Volunteers were distributing gifts. According to the needs, the volunteers raised 18 induction cookers to the villagers. Liang Ping concerned about the health of the lepers. She brought a Chinese medicine doctor, hoping the doctor could relief the illness and give them a nice Chinese New Year. People with leprosy are sent to isolated villages where they are abandoned and forgotten by society.The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry has a special place in its heart for these people and organizes groups of volunteers to travel to villages plagued with leprosy in order to provide medical, living, and psychological assistance. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry is located in Kunming, Yunnan. March 2015 is a month not easy to forget for Shalom volunteers. Our vehicle visiting leprosy village involved in an accident during Chinese New Year. Volunteer Ping Liang and her family helped treat patient Shu-Fang Zhang. It was somehow troublesome due to the involvement of peoples injured in the accident. Even under this uneasy circumstance, Shalom still organized two visits to leprosy villages. In addition, Shalom took Mr. Wu from YangJuanGou rehabilitation village in YiLiang county to city Kunming for check-up and treatment. Below is a set of photos showing March activities by Shalom:
1, Treatment of the injured and vehicle repair: Since LiSu tribe autonomous prefecture along NuJiang river of Yunnan province is one of the most remote and under-developed prefecture, the only help we can get is from volunteers to transfer the injured and vehicle to the city of Kunming. People with leprosy are sent to isolated villages where they are abandoned and forgotten by society. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry has a special place in its heart for these people and organizes groups of volunteers to travel to villages plagued with leprosy in order to provide medical, living, and psychological assistance. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry is located in Kunming, Yunnan. Visits went on in November. We organized 21 volunteers from abroad and visited Yangquangou village, Zhushan, Yimen, providing services to 42 lepers. Medical services were for Wu and Wang Anzhu.
1) Visit Zhushan and Yangquangou villages of Yiliang county Considering the health situation of Bao Cai’s father and the needs of the lepers in Zhushan, we organized 13 volunteers on Ocotber 30 to visit Yangquangou and Shushan. We brought rice to 4 people and helped to cut firewood. We also brought life necessities and medical help for 18 people in Yangquangou. Liang Ping went down half way and visited a leper. There are many lepers supported by Shalom. They hope Liang Ping could stay a little bit longer so as to treat them. Liang Ping did acupuncture therapy for a patient. People with leprosy are sent to isolated villages where they are abandoned and forgotten by society. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry has a special place in its heart for these people and organizes groups of volunteers to travel to villages plagued with leprosy in order to provide medical, living, and psychological assistance. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry is located in Kunming, Yunnan. In the middle of October, when we got to know Mr. Zhao would come to Kunming and found time to visit village with leprosy people. Considering his schedule and other factors, we selected a site—Yanggou village of Yiliang county. At 8:30 of 22nd, we picked up Mr. and Mrs.Zhao and Yunyun at the hotel and left for Yanggou village. We arrived at the village at 10:00 in the morning. Hearing the sound of the van, the villagers went out to greet Mr. and Mrs. Zhao. They would like to know what their donors look like. Mr. and Mrs. Zhao cares about the lepers. They met and talked with them. They congratulated Lao Wu, for his granddaughter was admitted by a university. Lao Wu expressed this gratitude to the help of TFish. Mr. Zhao chatted with Baocai’s grandfather. Mr. and Mrs. Zhao care about the life of the villagers with serious disabilities. They checked drinking water pool, hoping they have a flush toilet to improve their living environment. Mr. and Mrs. Zhao also checked the solar-powered bath room built by American volunteers. They took picture with Liang Ping and encouraged him to work for the benefit of the lepers. Mrs. Zhao gave fully affirm for Liang Ping’s efforts. She accompanied Liang Ping to treat female lepers and gave them encouragement. Mr. and Mrs. Zhao walked around the village. Though they did not speak very much, we still sensed their cares. The schedule of Mr. and Mrs. Zhao was tight, so they could not stay long at the village. The villagers felt their love and care, because their love has been deeply printed in the heart of the lepers through Shalom’s work. On behalf of 117 lepers from 9 villages, Shalom team thank Mr. and Mrs. Zhao and TFish for your love. We hope to get more help from TFish and all the best to Mr. and Mrs. Zhao. Original article written by Ping Liang, translated by Maggie Li, edited by Yanyan Zhang Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry:People with leprosy are sent to isolated villages where they are abandoned and forgotten by society. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry has a special place in its heart for these people and organizes groups of volunteers to travel to villages plagued with leprosy in order to provide medical, living, and psychological assistance. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry is located in Kunming, Yunnan. The village was hit by a storm early July that left the town members particularly vulnerable. TFISH partner Shalom Leprosy decided to organize 29 volunteers over 4 visits to Yunnan. We brought rice, medical supplies, and construction supplies in preparation for disaster relief. When we arrived, two elderly men had hurt their back and we quickly treated them and other villagers in pain or discomfort. The storm also destroyed a lot of the crop, so we brought 32 bags of rice for the villagers to eat. We brought food, talked to the people, and decided to build a bathing room for public use in order to promote hygiene and personal care. The whole town came out and supported the construction efforts. With all this help, we were able to finish in no time. After our day, we sat together and sang songs until we had to leave. Original article written by Ping Liang, translated by Maggie Li, edited by Yanyan Zhang
Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry: People with leprosy are sent to isolated villages where they are abandoned and forgotten by society. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry has a special place in its heart for these people and organizes groups of volunteers to travel to villages plagued with leprosy in order to provide medical, living, and psychological assistance. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry is located in Kunming, Yunnan. Yunnan Leprosy Village and Mr. and Mrs. Chao decided to visit a leprosy rehabilitation village in the east of Yunnan October in the east of Yunnan in November. The organization continues to advance, with 21 volunteers, four times the amount of the population in the institution previously, and three times as much in comparison to the amount at home. They have taken these volunteers abroad in order to visit Yiliang Yangjuangou Takeyama a rehabilitation village for a population suffering from leprosy. 42 patients call this place their home, and are provided with care, hospitality, and the appropriate medical service. This cause is hosted by the Wu Sister. The first visit to the First, visit Yiliang County Takeyama Yangjuangou rehabilitation village: Considering that the village of Yangjuangou possesses an enormous amount of patients that necessitate in rehabilitation, Yunnan Leprosy Ministry on October 30 organized 13 volunteers to take abroad with them, and visited the rehabilitation facilities of these two villages, focusing on the four rehabilitation sites in Takeyama. The public service organization chose to send one bag of rice per person, and a package of firewood for the convenience of Xu Jinyuan’s hands and feet, and impoverished grandmother who also inhabits the rehabilitation village and experiences the struggle of leprosy on a daily basis. The Yunnan Leprosy Ministry institution has also provided shelters and medical help for approximately 18 patients. This photograph displays Liang Ping, although elderly and ill, is still able to communicate to the volunteers that have dedicated their time to serve the people in this town about how to properly distribute medicine, and also providing guidance for rational drug use. Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry: People with leprosy are sent to isolated villages where they are abandoned and forgotten by society. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry has a special place in its heart for these people and organizes groups of volunteers to travel to villages plagued with leprosy in order to provide medical, living, and psychological assistance. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry is located in Kunming, Yunnan. August is the rainy season in Yunnan Province, while the earthquake at Ludian on August 3rd attracted attention from international media. Due to the lack of resources, services offered by Divine Grace is limited in Zhaoton city, especially so at its epic center of Ludian county. Divine Grace asked its volunteers in Kunming to partner with their respective companies or community organizations to provide clothing, food and donations to those in the disaster areas. In August, Divine Grace visited two rehabilitation villages in Yiliang county : Takeyama rehabilitation village and ArzeYing rehabilitation village. We use a set of photos below to illustrate these two visits in August: First, the visit of Takeyama rehabilitation village, Yiliang County On August 2nd, Divine Grace received a phone call from Jinyuan Xu of Takeyama rehabilitation village. He was cheated $1,200 yuan and this loss caused him anxiety, anger and created some health problems as result. In addition, corn in the field is ready for harvest and they need help. Therefore, volunteers from Divine Grace decided to pay them a visit. Jinyuan Xu was deceived by a woman who claimed she was working for charity. This woman gained Xu’s trust first and then replaced Xu’s money with fake money. A normal person can easily identify this is fake money by touching or visual check. However, Xu’s poor vision and with both hands handicapped is unable to tell the money is real or fake. This $1,200 yuan was the fund saved by Xu over the years and he planned to ask Divine Grace for assistance when the time is appropriate for a trip to Dali and Lijiang. Unfortunately now this fund was defrauded. We condemn this woman for deceiving such a poor, disabled elderly. Ping Liang felt sad about what happened and comforted Xu. She explained to Xu how to identify the money is real or fake. At the same time, Ping Liang donated $600 yuan to Xu to partially offset his loss. Also promised Xu she will come back again with rice for Xu during the mid-autumn festival. People with leprosy are sent to isolated villages where they are abandoned and forgotten by society. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry has a special place in its heart for these people and organizes groups of volunteers to travel to villages plagued with leprosy in order to provide medical, living, and psychological assistance. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry is located in Kunming, Yunnan. Dear TFish Foundation, I live with my grandfather in Yangquangou village. 2 years ago, my mother left us and I did not know why. My father is in poor health, so my grandfather had to take care of me. There are grandfather, father, younger sister and me in the family. My younger sister has been living with us since 2013. She is 7 and she went to school with me this year. I am 11 and in Grade 4. I stay at school from Monday to Friday and go back to see my grandfather on weekends. I want to thank granny Liang Ping and her friends very much. They care about me and they told me some stories about the village. They also brought me some clothes, toys and books. They encouraged me to study hard and read more books. I am grateful that TFish gives me 100 yuan each month. Granny Liang Ping brought the money to my grandfather in person. I also want to thank Mr. and Mrs. Zhao as well as other people. I will study hard and deliver an excellent school performance. I welcome you to visit Yangquangou as our guest. Thank TFish and Mr. and Mrs. Zhao again! Original article written by Baocai Zhao, translated by Maggie Li, edited by Yanyan Zhang |
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