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MormonTimes.com: Woman of faith reaches 'untouchables,' leprosy-affected people in India

Published: Monday, June 30, 2008 12:00 a.m. MDT
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In four years Becky Douglas turned an unfocused desire to help leprosy-affected individuals in India into a respected charity that feeds, motivates, educates and provides medical care for hundreds of people and their families.

Her list of contributors and partners boasts of millionaires, government officials and former royalty. The total donations she's raised for her cause are in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. But the unsuspecting homemaker living in Atlanta, Georgia, didn't always have such notable connections. And the only explanation she can come up with for her success is simple:

"God. God has done this," she said.

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