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GENEVA, Jan 31 (IPS) - Zero leprosy is not an impossible dream—Yohei Sasakawa, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination at the Global Appeal 2024 to End Stigma and Discrimination Against Persons Affected by LeprosyTuji Sode detached himself from his family and hid himself from the public, embarrassed by his condition, which in biblical times meant exclusion from society and even death.

Zero leprosy is not an impossible dream, says Yohei Sasakawa, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination at the launch of the 2024 appeal.

Claver Ntoyinkima wakes up early in the morning, at least three times a week, and goes into the Nyungwe rainforest to record bird vocalizations.

KOTIANG, RWANDA, Jan 23 (IPS) - Claver Ntoyinkima wakes up early in the morning, at least three times a week, and goes into the Nyungwe rainforest to record bird vocalizations.

“The thing is that when you come from an African country, they know that you’re basically trapped,” says Noel Adabblah.“You have the wrong documents; you can’t go home because you’ve a

BRATISLAVA, Jan 19 (IPS) - “The thing is that when you come from an African country, they know that you’re basically trapped,” says Noel Adabblah.

In the past, Salma Begum, 40, lost her crops due to disasters. Now she and other women are involved in practices that make their farms climate-resilient.

PATUAKHALI, BANGLADESH, Jan 10 (IPS) - In the past, Salma Begum, 40, lost her crops every year due to natural disasters. She lives with her five-member family in Ashabaria village under Rangabali upazila, a remote coastal island in Patuakhali district.

As a child on the French-Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, Yamide Dagnet dreamed of launching rockets into space, now she promotes climate justice at OSF.

SAINT LUCIA, Jan 09 (IPS) - As a child on the French-Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, Yamide Dagnet dreamed of launching rockets into space.