Solar Street Lamp

During our visit to the Leprosy village in Purulia last November, we were told about this solar powered street lamp.  It had been bought for the community in 2010, but had failed in early 2012.  The people who had bought it had been unable to have it repaired for some reason.  The Commandery arranged to have it repaired for the villagers, who now describe us as "The Light of the World".  This now provides a lit area in the village and complements the solar lanterns we supplied earlier; the Gentleman in the foreground is carrying one of them.

Steam train ride and Sunday lunch

Elaine Screeton has organised a trip on the East Lancashire Railway on Sunday 9th June 2013.

The train leaves Bury at 12:45 and travels to Rawtenstall before returning back to Bury by about 3pm.

A silver service 3 course lunch is served during the journey.

Cost is £41 per person, including train ticket, lunch and raffle ticket.

Tickets must be booked by Friday 15th February to guarantee a place. After this Elaine will do her best to obtain tickets but we are advised that this particular service is extremely popular and sells out quickly.

Please contact Elaine on 0161 337 0593 for information or booking.

Blazer Badge

A small number of the Order coat of arms, with a green backing, for use as a blazer badge are now available for a limited time only from Elaine.

insignia-deputy@mhoslj.org

Picture Quiz

Picture Quiz answers – 2012 (Countries and capitals)
1	Ankara	21	Seoul
2	Cape Verde	22	Kuwait
3	Canada	23	Bridgetown
4	Turkey	24	Baghdad
5	Wellington	25	Taiwan
6	Philippines	26	Equatorial Guinea
7	Washington	27	Nepal
8	Georgia	28	Helsinki
9	Oman	29	Ukraine
10	Valetta	30	Poland
11	Kingston	31	Montevideo
12	Kathmandu	32	Chad
13	Singapore	33	Victoria
14	Kabul	34	Bangkok
15	China	35	Tallinn
16	Chile	36	Guinea
17	Sweden	37	Jordan
18	Bahrain	38	Stockholm
19	Warsaw	39	Riga
20	Finland	40	Belgrade

We received a total of 41 entries for the quiz, of which just six were perfectly correct (including spellings).   The winning entry was from Mr N Woodend of Ramsbottom.  The Quiz has raised £521 which is a great result, thank you to all those people who bought them and to those who sold them.

Warning: Some pictures of Leprosy from our trip

At the Leprosy Village where we sponsored the Solar Lanterns.  Not many pictures were taken here as we were all very distressed by our first hand experience of Leprosy sufferers

At the Leprosy Mission hospital in Purulia

Testing for sensation to determine the advancement of the disease

The early stage of Leprosy

This was regarded as a good ulcer as there were no maggots in it.

One of the two tube wells we have sponsored at the Leprosy Colony near Purulia

With Promise Nepal near Katmandu

RV Mission Christmas cards

A selection of the Christmas cards sent to us by our sponsored children.  

Picture quiz

Fundraising Picture Quiz

Every year, we produce a Picture quiz to raise money for our leprosy projects. This quiz can give you and your family hours of fun over Christmas, even if you don't send in your entry.

Details of how to download a copy and how to make a donation can be found by clicking here.