AMERICAN LEPROSY MISSIONS INC

NEGLECTED DISEASES: HOPE RISES INTERNATIONAL SERVES PEOPLE AFFECTED BY LEPROSY AND OTHER NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES (NTDS), INCLUDING BURULI ULCER, LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS, AND YAWS. MORE THAN ONE BILLION PEOPLE GLOBALLY ARE AFFECTED BY NTDS, WHICH DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT THE POOREST AND MOST MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND OFTEN RESULT IN CHRONIC PAIN, DISABILITY, STIGMA, AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION.HOPE AND HEALING: FOUNDED IN 1906, HOPE RISES INTERNATIONAL WORKS TO EXPRESS CHRIST'S LOVE BY SUPPORTING HEALING OF BODY AND SPIRIT AND RESTORING DIGNITY AND HOPE TO INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY NTDS. THE ORGANIZATION PARTNERS WITH CHRISTIAN HOSPITALS, LOCAL NONPROFITS, MINISTRIES OF HEALTH, AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS TO IMPLEMENT EVIDENCE-BASED, SCALABLE PROGRAMS THAT STRENGTHEN HEALTH SYSTEMS, EXPAND ACCESS TO DIAGNOSIS AND CARE, AND ADDRESS THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SPIRITUAL CONSEQUENCES OF DISEASE.PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND IMPACT: DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025, HOPE RISES INTERNATIONAL SUPPORTED PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS IN MORE THAN 30 COUNTRIES ACROSS AFRICA, ASIA, LATIN AMERICA, AND THE PACIFIC, REACHING INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY NTDS THROUGH PREVENTION, DETECTION, TREATMENT, DISABILITY CARE, AND REHABILITATION SERVICES.KEY PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN FY2025 INCLUDED: 61,635 SUSPECTED NTD CASES SCREENED 9,963 PATIENTS ADMITTED, RECEIVING LEPROSY CONSULTATIONS, OR RECEIVING CARE FOR NTDS 3,873 HEALTH WORKERS TRAINED. 352 PASTORS, CLERGY, AND LAY LEADERS TRAINED TO SUPPORT CASE DETECTION, COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND STIGMA REDUCTION 3,539 DISABILITY AIDS PROVIDED TO SUPPORT MORBIDITY MANAGEMENT AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE 437 LIFE-CHANGING SURGERIES PERFORMED FOR INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY NTD-RELATED COMPLICATIONS.IN ADDITION, HOPE RISES INTERNATIONAL SUPPORTED THE DELIVERY OF $6.6 MILLION IN MEDICINES AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES, AS WELL AS ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC AND VACCINE RESEARCH. THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS, HOPE RISES INTERNATIONAL IMPROVED ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, STRENGTHENED LOCAL HEALTH SYSTEMS, REDUCED PREVENTABLE DISABILITY, AND SUPPORTED HOLISTIC RECOVERY FOR INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES. THE ORGANIZATION'S WORK CONTRIBUTES TO IMPROVED HEALTH OUTCOMES, INCREASED COMMUNITY AWARENESS, REDUCED STIGMA, AND GREATER DIGNITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION, BRINGING HOPE TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH OR AFFECTED BY NTDS.