I was eight years old when I heard about him for the first time. His name is Father Damien. He was born on 3 January, 1840 in Belgium and died on 15 April, 1889 in Molokai.
At that time, there was no treatment for leprosy. People with that nasty disease were forced to leave their homes and families and had to stay out of the cities. There is a beautiful island in the Pacific called Moloki. It was a place for people with leprosy. People who got the disease were sent to the island where they did not have any support. They had to live just like animals till they died.
Father Damien volunteered to take care those people in tha little island. He gave them homes, provide moral support and medical care. Finally he got the disease and passed away on the island.
I got chance to study in Hawaii for six months. I determined to go to Moloki to find the footsteps of Father Damien. Above is the photo of the Molokai beach where people with Leprosy were kicked and pushed into the water from the ships that carried them from their home to that isolated island.
At that time, there was no treatment for leprosy. People with that nasty disease were forced to leave their homes and families and had to stay out of the cities. There is a beautiful island in the Pacific called Moloki. It was a place for people with leprosy. People who got the disease were sent to the island where they did not have any support. They had to live just like animals till they died.
Father Damien volunteered to take care those people in tha little island. He gave them homes, provide moral support and medical care. Finally he got the disease and passed away on the island.
I got chance to study in Hawaii for six months. I determined to go to Moloki to find the footsteps of Father Damien. Above is the photo of the Molokai beach where people with Leprosy were kicked and pushed into the water from the ships that carried them from their home to that isolated island.
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