Yearly Archives: 2026

This year Alex De Waal and his father Victor have relinquished their trustee roles. They continue to support the Trust, Alex via his Role of President and Victor as a Patron of Rufiji Leprosy Trust, alongside Baroness Sheila Hollins.   Our very long-term supporters will remember that Alex and Victor […]

News from the Trustees

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As well as working with RLT, FRRTL works with local government departments who have recently funded a variety of projects, including an iron grid to prevent crocodile injuries when villagers collect water from the river, renovations and staff accommodation for Kindwitwi Dispensary and the building of a new primary school […]

Recent projects

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Our partner organization, FRRTL (Foundation for the Rapid Relief of TB and Leprosy), recently met in the village. They reviewed the progress of various renovation and education projects and planned what measures could be taken to address the increase in the numbers of leprosy cases in the villages of Tawi, […]

News from the Village

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Cataloguing the Rufiji Leprosy Trust archive continues. This is Issue 130 of our Newsletter. Our very first Newsletter was sent out in November 1989 and was written by Robin Pim and Teresa Sutton who were the volunteers in Kindwitwi at the time. That year, as a result of the innovative […]

Our very first Newsletter

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The signs of leprosy include: enlarged nerves at the elbow, due to inflammation pale, numb patches of skin skin nodules ulcers on the feet loss of feeling in the hands and feet On an outreach visit the team advise staff and villagers about the signs of leprosy and invite people […]

How is leprosy detected?

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In December Dr Nnally and his team visited Nambunju Village. 46 people were screened for leprosy and five of these were subsequently diagnosed with leprosy and commenced on treatment.Although leprosy is considered to be eradicated in some parts of Tanzania, a government press release in January noted that 1439 new […]

More new cases of leprosy found in the Rufiji area

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