On 6th November 2022, APAL’s President Mrs. Maya Ranavare delivered her welcome speech at Global Forum -2 in Hyderabad

In her speech, she said that the Sasakawa Health Foundation supports us in improving our living standards and making as to address our problems accessing our rights, and can challenging exclusion. APAL is always grateful to the WHO Goodwill Ambassador for leprosy elimination, A worshipful, and Great kind hearted human being respected Sasakawa for his vision and mission. In the terrible COVID-19, the world also panics and thinks about themselves and their families but he only looks at us and saves us. His message to the most experienced in the wipe away our tears also. On behalf of persons affected by leprosy and their families, we never forget his love for us until our last breath.