Our first stop of the morning was a training farm called Bremen Village. The EP church trains farmers in organic farming and families in health issues among many other things. This is the outreach to the rural poor communities in the area.
We saw the rabbits, grasscutters, snails, turtles, mushroom growing, all things the farmers can use for sustainable farming.
The photo is us at the leprosarium. This is where the cured lepers live since their families have shunned them thinking the disease is contagious. the stigma attached to leprosy keeps them exiled from the community. The EP church treats the few people who still contract the disease and houses them for the rest of their lives. We came to bring greetings and a box of flip flops as a small token of our love for them.
The morning has been amazing and meaningful. We are off now the Women's Activity Center on the church campus.
What your group must be feeling and the joy that simple flip flops could bring to a people who are shunned by everyone. With my so called education, I never knew that leprosy still existed. I actually thought it was no longer in existance.
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ReplyDeleteMy name is Matthew mundy and I have spent many hours at Ho Farms (4 trips over the last 5 years) if you have the opportunity to revisit the farm please tell Dickson and Vida I said hello
I hope you are enjoying your trip
Thanks
Matthew