Month: February 2020

Leprosy: What It Is, What It’s Not, and How You Can Help

Leprosy: What It Is, What It’s Not, and How You Can Help

Throughout history, we meet people who lived with leprosy—at city gates, on the borders of neighboring regions, in small towns, and along the roads of Jerusalem. Men, women, and children lived with what was considered an unclean disease, one that made them outcasts...

Bringing Education Back into Reach – Lyappan’s Story

Bringing Education Back into Reach – Lyappan’s Story

Children related to people with leprosy tend to grow up in poverty and often don’t have access to quality education. While the initial focus of Embrace a Village was to help leprosy patients, Joe’s wife, Pat, helped us expand our vision. Pat recognized that many...