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Damien Foundation

India is reporting more than 1,20,000 new leprosy cases every year. Leprosy causes nerve damage to the persons affected, which leads to deformities and disabilities. Around 5% of the persons affected by leprosy are living with deformities in India. Leprosy is completely curable disease but one of the challenges faced by person affected by leprosy is stigma and discrimination due to deformities. Damien Foundation India Trust has been working for leprosy control in India since 1955. It has health facilities in 8 states for medical and social rehabilitation of persons affected by leprosy. Leprosy deformities can be corrected through specialized surgical procedures and reformed through intensive physiotherapy. Under this condition, people affected by leprosy with deformities will be assessed by a trained doctor and surgical correction will be done at leprosy referral hospitals. Patients need to be hospitalized for a period of 8 to 9 weeks. The poor leprosy deformity corrected persons, along with medical rehabilitation, are also economically rehabilitated by initiating them into a business of their choice. This enables them to financially support themselves as well as their dependents in their family. 
 Damien Foundation India Trust is working in 52 districts across 8 states in India. Nearly 23000 persons affected by leprosy with disabilities are supported through training on self care. Damien Foundation has identified more than 1200 persons with deformities who are waiting for surgical correction. Every year, Damien Foundation is able to carry out deformity correction surgery for around 400 persons.We strive to enable persons affected by leprosy with disabilities to earn their livelihoo,d promote their quality of living, educate children of the affected through medical and social rehabilitation. We also facilitate them to avail various government schemes. 
 Damien Foundation’s objective is to alleviate poverty, reducing stigma and discrimination and mainstreaming of persons affected by leprosy with deformities. Damien Foundation also aims at preventing the leprosy-affected from begging on streets and help them in leading a dignified life thorough its socio-economic rehabilitation support.Damien Foundation has rehabilitated more than 10000 leprosy deformed persons, both medically and socially since 1955. Also, it has identified surgeons in different locations and trained them in leprosy deformity correction surgery for sustainable medical rehabilitation.

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Patients with drug-sensitive TB require 6-8 months of treatment with less toxic drugs. Studies have shown that patients with drug-sensitive TB face self-stigma within their family, neighborhood, and also in workplaces. Besides this, they face catastrophic health expenditures, loss of productive man-days, and they are further pushed into poverty. When a woman suffers from TB, the household loses the activities that the woman routinely performs. In some societies, TB patients are seen as damaged for life or unmarriageable, such discrimination may result in anxiety, depression, and reduction in the quality of life. The disease is most prevalent in the age group of 15 to 54 years, which is the highly economically productive period of an individual's life with important consequences for the household when the individual falls sick with TB.	A person who is diagnosed with MDR TB needs to undergo MDR TB treatment for 2 years. In this scenario, it is foreseen that the worst socioeconomic consequences among MDR TB patients, which cause enormous social and economic disruption and hampers the nation's health and development. Nearly 0.4 million are dying due to TB annually which translates to two deaths every three minutes.   
 	Damien Foundation will provide nutritional support to poor persons affected by TB who has lost his/her their job/man-days and livelihood due to TB and thereby support will be provided until he/she is recovered and able to go for work and sustain his/ her livelihood. Further, this will be like an incentive and will help in TB treatment adherence and completion. 
 The nutritional support during the course of treatment will help the poor TB patient to adhere to the TB treatment completion and support regular follow-up during the visit to the TB clinics. Secondly, the family will also take good care of TB patients as they are not a burden to the family besides they have lost their job or wages due to TB because support is received in the form of Nutritional support.

Nutritional support for poor persons affected by Tuberculosis for treatment completion

Damien Foundation India Trust is fighting a relentless battle against leprosy and tuberculosis in India since 1955. Damien Foundation India relies strongly on the power of collaboration and partnership between government, non-profit organisations and civil society since the past 63 Years.

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Damien Foundation India Trust

This nonprofit is registered as a charitable trust under section 12A of India's Income Tax Act, 1961.

This nonprofit is registered under section 80G of India's Income Tax Act, 1961. This means you can deduct 50% of the donation you made through your tax return.

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