ANCIENS VILLAGES DE RECLASSEMENT SOCIAL : LE TRISTE DESTIN DES LEPREUX ET DE LEURS FAMILLES
Despite the few cases of leprosy, the nine former isolation and social reintegration sites persist, with their share of discrimination.
Once excluded from society because of the disease, they were isolated in social resettlement villages, homes for people affected by leprosy. And yet, these populations have regained their dignity since the repeal of Law 76-03 of March 25, 1976, which established the resettlement villages, and its implementing decree.
This provision was repealed in June 2023, but the anachronistic existence of "leper villages" persists. The inhabitants continue to ask the authorities to mark their locality on the map of Senegal, hoping to heal the invisible wounds of their souls.
Marième Birame BA went to meet them.
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