Léproserie de Kashi - Inde

Ceux qui ont eu la curiosité d’aller voir mes albums, connaissent cette photo. Je viens de la passer dans mon nouveau logiciel de post-traitement. En fait, il n’y a pas de grands changements par rapport à la première version, je l’ai juste éclaircie. Cette photos a été prise en Octobre dernier à Varanasi (Inde) dans la léproserie de Kashi. Ici, vit une petite communauté de malades. Ils ne sont plus contagieux car ils ont été traités avec un antibiotique qui a éradiqué la maladie en une semaine. Les lépreux peuvent donc vivre avec leurs enfants et petits-enfants sans craindre de les infecter. Une quarantaine de famille vit désormais à Kashi. Si les lépreux ne sont plus contagieux, leurs lésions sont irréversibles et nécessitent des soins à vie. Une fois par semaine, Action Bénarès, une Organisation non gouvernementale (ONG) médicale, vient ici, tous les vendredis, pour prendre soin d’eux et éviter que leurs plaies ne s’infectent.

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Janet Brien ^club

What a picture, Jean-luc. *sigh*...leprosy is so awful. Like polio, it's been cured, yet many are still afflicted. Have you read or watched "The Motorcycle Diaries"? It's very deep and a true story as well and follows the travels of a man who goes on a long ride through South America. One part includes the visit to a leper colony. This is where I learned the truth about this horrible disease. Though I have never known a leper, my aunt had polio. They are NOT at ALL the same thing but what is the same is how people avoid either victim and how their lives are destroyed. Leprosy is by far the worse fate but I knew the Quasimodo-like deformity of my aunt and how life was ruined for her...she'd been a lovely girl but by the time she died at about 80x, she was a bitter, hateful person who could only shuffle around, in constant pain. Very sad. Of course, she also played the victim and didn't want to help herself or find a way to be happy. Isn't it interesting how so many who are handed such an unfortunate hand of cards can be happier and live a richer life than so many who were handed life on a silver platter? My aunt taught me a lot about how NOT to act, but I will never know what it was like to be her, so I cannot judge.

Thanks for this picture and a walk down memory lane. Here's a link to The Motorcycle Diaries if you're interested. (The link is to the film--the book is even better, it's incredible.) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Motorcycle_Diaries_(film)

5 years ago.

Annaig56 ^club

merci pour ce que tu nous montres et nous expliques devant le courage de ces gens qui ne se plaignent jamais et la vie continue .... malgré tout,

5 years ago.

Martine

Un beau témoignage sur une triste réalité.

5 years ago.

Champland

Tout est dit au dessus...

5 years ago.

Julien Rappaport ^club

Merci pour cette piqûre de rappel sur nos conditions de vie .

5 years ago.

Keith Burton ^club

This is a superb image Jean-luc. Very nicely composed and taken.

Leprosy is such an awful disease and carries a lifetime of fear and prejudice from others! It is appalling that the conditions in which the disease occurs (mainly poverty) are still still allowed to happen today..!!

5 years ago.