Transcript Noel Teo - 3benglishproject

•The leprosy victims are treated like outcasts.
•Families abandon them upon knowing they
contracted the illness.
•People of the society looking at them differently
•They carry on with their lives, even
though it is painful.
•Their way of living is no different from
living alone in a jungle.
•Overall, they have to carry on living, till
their death, as outcasts.
•Enhance my general knowledge. Before starting on this
project, I did not know what is leprosy.
•Enhance my moral values. I will learn why I should not
be prejudice against these victims
•Learn and understand more about leprosy victims.
During the whole journey of learning, I will definitely know
a lot more better about leprosy.
•Learn how to treat this victims like ordinary people.
It is unfair for the victims to be treated differently.
•Improve my standard of English Language. I will
have to come out with interview questions which
require good English.
Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by
Mycobacterium leprae, an acid-fast, rod-shaped bacillus.
The disease mainly affects the skin, the peripheral nerves,
mucosa of the upper respiratory tract and also the eyes,
apart from some other structures. Leprosy has afflicted
humanity since time immemorial. It once affected every
continent and it has left behind a terrifying image in history
and human memory - of mutilation, rejection and exclusion
from society.
Leprosy has struck fear into human beings for thousands of
years, and was well recognized in the oldest civilizations of
China, Egypt and India. A cumulative total of the number of
individuals who, over the millennia, have suffered its chronic
course of incurable disfigurement and physical disabilities
can never be calculated.
•Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an acid-fast, rodshaped bacillus.
•The disease mainly affects the skin, the peripheral nerves, mucosa of the upper respiratory
tract and also the eyes, apart from some other structures.
•Leprosy has afflicted humanity since time immemorial. It once affected every continent and it
has left behind a terrifying image in history and human memory - of mutilation, rejection and
exclusion from society.
•Leprosy has struck fear into human beings for thousands of years, and was well recognized
in the oldest civilizations of China, Egypt and India.
•A cumulative total of the number of individuals who, over the millennia, have suffered its
chronic course of incurable disfigurement and physical disabilities can never be calculated.
•Since ancient times, leprosy has been regarded by the community as a contagious,
mutilating and incurable disease.
•There are many countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America with a significant number of
leprosy cases.
•It is estimated that there are between one and two million people visibly and irreversibly
disabled due to past and present leprosy who require to be cared for by the community in
which they live.
•When M.leprae was discovered by G.A. Hansen in 1873, it was the first bacterium to be
identified as causing disease in man.
•However, treatment for leprosy only appeared in the late 1940s with the introduction of
dapsone, and its derivatives. Leprosy bacilli resistant to dapsone gradually appeared and
became widespread.
Interview Questions
•What is leprosy?
•Can leprosy be passed down genetically?
•Where do your sources come from? •What if your family have this illness, how
would u feel?
•Are your sources reliable?
•If you had contracted this illness, what
•Who are the main victims of
will you do?
leprosy?
•Can a person die because of leprosy?
•How does people contract by
leprosy?
•Would you visit SILRA, home for leprosy
victims?
•Is leprosy infectious?
•Was there an occasion when you came in
•What is the origin of leprosy?
close contact with leprosy victims?
•What are the symptoms of leprosy?
•Have you seen a seen a leprosy victim
Would you feel disturbed looking at them?
Interview Questions
•Are you afraid of leprosy victims?
•How will you treat a leprosy victim?
•What happens if a person contracts
leprosy, how will people treat him?
•Can leprosy be cured?
•Do you think that these victims have a
place to stay in?
•If so, what do you think might cure
them?
•Will you be friends with a leprosy
•Do you think their families will take care victim?
of them?
•If your friend is a leprosy victim, will
•Why do you think they would do that?
you help him?
•Should leprosy victims be accepted by
the society?
•Why do you think people fear leprosy
victims?
•Do you think leprosy victims have any
education?
•Do you think leprosy victims should
be treated this way?
Interview Questions
•Would you change your thinking on
leprosy victims if I tell you that some
leprosy victims are homeless?
•The victims are struggling for survival,
would you help them?
•If your child were to visit a leprosy
home, would you allow them?
•Why do you feel that way?
•In your opinion, in what way can you
help the leprosy victims?
•If you were to put yourself in their shoes,
•Should the government organize talks
how would you feel if people do not want to
to let people know more about leprosy
help you?
victims?
•After all that, would you still have the
•Do you think SILRA should do more in
same perspective?
letting people know about them?
•What do you think leprosy victims do in
•Do you believe that everyone has a
their entire life?
part to play, to create a better future for
•Do you thing leprosy victims are outcasts? leprosy victims?
•Difficult to find time to interview. When I am at home, my father
is always working. When he is home, I am not back from school.
My mother is home all the time but she does not know anything.
•Difficult to know what it is like having the illness. My class was
supposed to go to SILRA to visit the leprosy victims but was
cancelled due to the many people not wanting to go. This have
ruin my opportunity of getting information from the victims.
•Difficult to think of the questions for the interview. It took me 2
hours to think of all the questions I have crafted.
•I have learnt that people should not be prejudice against this
victims. It is unfair as they do not even want the illness.
•I have also learnt that I should treasure and enjoy my life well.
These leprosy victims have to face suffering everyday. I am very
luck not to lave this illness.
When I grow up, I will go to SILRA and visit these
leprosy victims. I would help them all that I can do. I will
also get some friends to help me. I may organize some
talk to enhance the understanding of leprosy of the
people in society so they would not treat the victims
differently. Everyone has a part to play to create a better
future for the leprosy victims. If I can do it, so can you.