India achieved the leprosy Elimination Rate of less than 1 new case per 10,000 people in 2005. S-ILF Celebrates Anti-Leprosy Day, 2011 3 Rising to Dignity Awards were given away for the first time on 30th January 2011 by S-ILF in recognition of the hard work and commitment by three groups running Livelihood Enterprises successfully. S-ILF participates in Nature Bazaar 2010 for the 3rd time. Discrimination against persons affected by leprosy is now considered a Violation of Human Rights as per the Resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 2010. The number of leprosy cases reported to WHO shows that 2, 13, 000 people are infected, mainly in the African and South-East Asia regions, with approximately 2, 49, 000 new cases reported in 2008. Since 1995, WHO has made MDT or Multi Drug Treatment available free of charge to all patients worldwide. This treatment provides a simple yet highly effective cure for all types of leprosy. According to official reports received from 121 countries and territories, there were 2, 13,036 registered prevalent cases at the beginning of 2009; 249 007 cases were detected in 2008. The number of new cases detected globally has fallen by 9126 (a 4% decrease) during 2008 compared with 2007. Over the past 20 years, 14 million leprosy patients have been cured, about 4 million since 2000. The prevalence rate of the disease has dropped by 90%, from 21.1 cases per 10,000 population in 1985 to 1 per 10,000 in 2000. The global burden of leprosy has declined dramatically, from 5.2 million cases in 1985 to 805 000 in 1995 to 753 000 at the end of 1999 to 213 036 cases at the end of 2008. Leprosy has been eliminated from 119 of 122 countries where the disease was considered as a public health problem in 1985. Efforts currently focus on eliminating leprosy at a national level in the remaining endemic countries and at a sub-national level from the others. Global Appeal 2010 launched in January in Mumbai SILF participates in Nature Bazaar in November 2009 for the 2nd time Fashion Designers support SILF at the Will Lifestyle India Fashion Week (Autumn Winter’09) SILF funded livelihood projects of Rs.20 Lakhs at the Regional Conference for Social Integration and Economic Empowerment of persons affected by leprosy and their families in Lucknow SILF funds its first Livelihood Project in Nirmal Dham Ashram, Indore in Dec 2008 Training for Socio-economic Empowerment (T-SEC) for capacity building of leaders from leprosy colonies in Nov 2008