Welcome to MALC

Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre is one of the largest NGOs in Pakistan working in the field of Leprosy for over five decades. It is a non profit, non sectarian organization registered under the Societies Act XXI of 1860. We started Leprosy work in 1956, in a makeshift shed built by the Leprosy patients themselves at McLeod Road in Karachi. Systematic Leprosy Control Programme was established in 1960 by a young, enthusiastic and ambitious lady doctor; Dr. Ruth Pfau who joined hands with Sister Bernice Vargas to alleviate the miseries of patients suffering from Leprosy. The program spreads across the country (except Punjab and Hazara division which are being looked after by a sister organization ALP); through a well-knitted network of 157 control centres, in close cooperation with provincial governments. In 1996, Leprosy was controlled all over the country and is now on a slow but constant decline. To ensure the presence of Leprosy workers in the field, other challenges like TB and Blindness control alongwith Community Development have been taken up in selected project areas throughout the country.

Maintaining its corporate identity, MALC has always stepped forward to help poor people affected by natural and man-made calamities. With support of our donors and friends, MALC has participated in the reconstruction and rehabilitation activities in the earthquake affected areas of Azad Kashmir and NWFP, and in various floods and draughts relief projects in Sindh and Balochistan.