La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux

TRAVEL TO BRAZIL

My heart is full of joy, I used to be a leprosy patient, but here I have been treated as a normal person.

I've had aspirations for several decades. It is only now that I have started to attain my goal.

I'll never forget the experience of getting on an airplane to go abroad to attend an international seminar.

This meeting was held to discuss elimination of discrimination against people whb have had leprosy and to find ways to promote their social and economic rehabilitation.

We have made the first important step, but we have a long way to go.

What an exciting time! What unexpected and unusual work we have been given to do.

Leprosy is curable! (I was cured 30 years ago but was not accepted back into society.) Scientific truth will banish the misunderstanding of society.

The new organization will fight against social stigma. It will help former patients to share the happy life equally with other normal people.

--Haobin Kong, Age 63 Rio de Janeiro September 17, 1994

 

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