Home Sweet Home

New bricks are setting ready for the beginning of the foundation for the next leper house. This new building will be the third house at the Tamarista. These are all four-plex units which will provide homes for the lepers and their families to live.

We are in the process of filling the two other buildings with lepers from remote villages in this region. There are several lepers who have asked to come to the Tamarista. This is the stormy time of year and these lepers and their families have to take care in being transported by boat. They will begin to fill these two homes in the days and weeks ahead.

Those who suffer from leprosy can be treated with good results. They need more than a negative report on the leprosy--they need their emotional and self-esteem rebuilt as well. It can take two years of treatment to finally get a negative status on their leprosy. These families will live in clean units with a bathroom, served nutritious food, and have a daily medical care. It is an honor to move forward in the construction in order to help the least of the least.