The Father Fleming Foundation

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The Father Fleming Foundation
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The Father Fleming Foundation is a non-profit
organization dedicated to continue the projects
of Father Anthony Fleming
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After Father Flemings Death in July of 1997 we
paid our first visit to the Rahunia leper colony
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Leprosy

• A bacteria that attacks and destroys nerves
• Afflicted people lose their homes, villages,
  jobs and position in society
• Robbing people of life, dignity, and hope

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During that visit to the Rahunia colony

• The first request was Water
• 1.Drinking
• 2. washing
• 3. irrigation of their garden

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By the summer of 1998 the foundation had raised
enough funds to dig a well
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Irrigating the gardens help provide
self-sufficiency
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Clean drinking and bathing water reduced visits
to the hospital by 80.
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• In addition the foundation provided food and
  medicines to the colonies and the crippled
  children's hospital
• Still, the colony needed a light (Hope)
• After a visit with a polish priest, father
  Marianus, and his leper colony in Puri India.
• Father John Maliekal and the foundation came up
  with the idea of a cooperative.

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First Co-operative venture

• Rickshaws

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Second Co-op venture

• Goat and Pigs

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Light shines when lepers see hope

• Lepers dig their own fish ponds to provide much
  needed protein

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Replacing hovels

• Father John Maliekal embarked on a courageous
  adventure to build quality homes for the lepers,
  each consisting of a living area and a kitchen.
  The homes would be grouped in units of ten.

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Original leper Homes in 1997
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The idea is implemented
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The first set of homes is finished!
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Tom helps dedicate the new homes
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The foundation has also provided educational
opportunities for leper children
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Growing up to a happy productive life with hope
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The Father Fleming Foundation

• A chance to give to the least of our brothers
• Life
• Dignity
• Hope
• Be the world you would like to see
• Mahatma Ghandi