Sasakawa India Leprosy Foundation

Instituted in November 2006, Sasakawa-India Leprosy Foundation (S-ILF) works towards mainstreaming persons affected by leprosy and their families through socio-economic empowerment, thereby fighting stigma and restoring dignity of people affected by leprosy. Our areas of focus are: • Providing technical support and micro grants for setting up micro enterprises for self employment • Providing access to vocational training and higher education • Building capacity and training in livelihood activities for self and wage employment • Raising awareness about leprosy among all sections of society to fight the stigma • Engaging with opinion and policy makers for the rights and inclusion of leprosy affected people. Over the last 11 years since inception, we have impacted the lives of more than 6000 leprosy affected persons and approximately 26,570 family members directly. We are working in 18 states of India across 214 districts. We run more than 356 projects spanning across 278 colonies (approximately 1/4 of the total leprosy colonies) across India.