While most students were at home enjoying the summer break Otago Polytechnic nursing student Anna Watkins was in Nepal investigating leprosy. Driven by a strong desire to help people, Ms Watkins took up a scholarship with Leprosy Mission NZ and travelled to Nepal for two weeks along with eight other New Zealanders. anna_watkins_030317.jpg Otago Polytechnic student Anna Watkins (20) is raising money for leprosy sufferers after visiting Nepal over the summer break. She and her fellow travellers had returned home with a mission to raise $30,000 for an X-ray machine at Leprosy Mission’s Anandaban Hospital. She said she was struck with how people’s suffering with leprosy was made worse by the misconceptions people had about the disease.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 05, 2017 17:08 UTC