by Lexie Stallings | Mar 15, 2021 | Donate, Education, Hope Is Rising, Leprosy, Rising Star Outreach, Sponsor A Child, Sponsorship, Stigma, Students
Do you believe in your power to change the world? Well, we sure do! You can change the world one life at a time by becoming a sponsor to a Rising Star. Here are 11 reasons why a STARS sponsorship is the best charity sponsorship to get involved with to make your...
by Lexie Stallings | Jan 29, 2021 | Education, Leprosy, Stigma, World Leprosy Day
Whether at a friend’s birthday party or over a holiday dinner, most of us are asked what we do for work. As Rising Star Outreach employees, we love answering this question because we are passionate about what we do and the cause we are behind. Oftentimes,...
by Lexie Stallings | Sep 29, 2020 | Education, Hope Is Rising, Leprosy, Nursing
Once a Rising Star, always a Rising Star! My name is Sonia! I was born in an isolated leprosy colony called Bharatpuram, located near a leprosy hospital in the outskirts of Chengalpattu district of Indian southern state Tamilnadu. People affected [by leprosy] face...
by Katherine Kramer | Aug 13, 2020 | Education, Leprosy, Sponsor A Child, Stigma, Students
Yesterday we commemorated the resilience of youth and their power to change the world by celebrating International Youth Day! This holiday, originally created to raise awareness about the issues faced by youth around the world, has special significance in the push for...
by Katherine Kramer | Jun 12, 2019 | Education, Sponsor A Child, Students
We just received the most wonderful news from our President and Founder, Becky Douglas, about the teacher training that happened before the new school term began. The following is taken from her recent email: Our new Education Director, Dr. Jayaprakash, has just...
by Katherine Kramer | Jan 11, 2018 | Becky Douglas, Education, Meridian Magazine
This story first appeared for Meridian Magazine on January 7, 2018 It was only a pre-school, but we were unbelievably excited to actually be opening a school for the leprosy-affected in Southern India. We would start with a preschool—children only 3-5 years...
