Early leprosy detection saved a young boy’s future

Early leprosy detection saved a young boy’s future

Above: Raj and his brother at our campus (photo from 2020) Raj* is a 12-year-old boy with a giant smile that lights up a room. He was born in a leprosy community and has just wrapped up his 6th-grade year. That is just a year or so before most kids in his...
WORLD LEPROSY DAY 2019

WORLD LEPROSY DAY 2019

  January 27, 2019 is World Leprosy Day, a day of remembrance and awareness that I suspect will go largely unnoticed by so many throughout the world. Most people tell us that they are surprised to find out that leprosy still exists today. Typically, the first...

Volunteer Spotlight: Matt Goes To India

“You really do become your best self when you put other’s people needs ahead of your own.”Matthew Grover, a Cedar City native, first learned about Rising Star Outreach from our founder, Becky Douglas, while serving an LDS mission in the Dominican...