This is what you gave with every ₤10 Gift Bundle of Love
Each Love Bundle gives each elderly Leprosy patient.
New comb, sandals, sari, bath towel, soap, coconut oil, scented powder, hair clips and sweets. Bundles of Love are really more than just presents or a gift. They contain practical needed items*
A comb with a long and wide handle, that is easy to hold as many of the aged leprosy patients have deformed hands.
A pair of sandals, Velcro tape straps, inserts made from soft flexible runner. The soles are tough recycled car tyre rubber. Each is made to fit the foot as almost all the aged have a serious foot deformity. The sandal prevents ulcers caused through the now curable disease.
For the women, a bright Indian sari, which they swap with other women to get the colour that ‘suits’ them. The men are just as enthusiastic to get a new ‘western’ shirt and the traditional loongi. A cotton bath towel is a must too.
It’s a great time to be here when the Bundles are distributed.
For the aged who receive these Bundles; Soap, hair oil, scented powder, hair clips for the women – are all luxuries.
They all like a card with the gift: it binds them to the idea of it really being a gift, from friends that they never will meet who have included them in their Christmas.
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To Name :_________________________
For :_____________________________
From :____________________________
Who ever you are, where ever you are;
whether you have given or received a Bundle of Love,
You have been part of a chain of events that has changed the quality of life of one or more of some of the poorest isolated elderly Leprosy patients in India.
All we can say as the people who received the funds and make it possible to happen, in your name - is
THANK YOU
Eliazar T. Rose, Chairman New Hope India,
Nameste House
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