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World Cleanup Day joins the UN calendar for the first time on Saturday, September 20. What began in Estonia in 2008...

Kylie Beach 19 Sep 2025

Here at Leprosy Mission Australia, we’re big fans of goats. And what better day to give them a proper shout-out...

Kylie Beach 21 Aug 2025

Every year on 12 August, the United Nations invites us to pause and celebrate the energy, creativity and leadership of...

Kylie Beach 12 Aug 2025

For women like Lanni, Mina and Mayalu, friendships have become more than emotional support—it’s a pathway to healing, leadership and...

Kylie Beach 30 Jul 2025

Leprosy stigma—its weight, its legacy, and its consequences—is at the heart of one of Robben Island’s lesser-known histories. On a...

Kylie Beach 18 Jul 2025

In the wake of World Potato Day, we celebrate the humble potato—one of the world’s most versatile and widely consumed...

Kylie Beach 02 Jun 2025

Gita lives in Sunwal municipality in Nepal, with her child, who has a disability. When she joined a Self-Help Group,...

Kylie Beach 28 May 2025

When I first travelled to India with Leprosy Mission Australia, I planned some time to explore various pockets of the...

Daniel Christiansz 16 May 2025

In the 2025 movie Novocaine, Jack Quaid plays a character called Nathan Caine who cannot feel pain. He uses this ‘superpower’...

Tim Burton 15 May 2025

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