Mashare

Mashare is a settlement in the Kavango East Region of Namibia, just east of Rundu, the regional capital.

[1] The settlement hosted a leprosarium until the early 1980s when the Namibian War of Independence led to its closure.

The hospital accommodated thousands of patients with leprosy from Namibia, Angola, and Botswana.

[2] Until today[update], Mashare is home to the biggest community of leprosy patients in Namibia who live together voluntarily due to their shared experience of stigma and isolation.

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