Lydia Trading is the exporting arm of the nonprofit Nepal Leprosy Trust (NLT). NLT works with people affected by leprosy or disadvantaged in other ways, through a range of income-generating, social welfare and medical projects. NLT runs three self-financing industries producing leather goods, batiks and cloth products. Lydia Traders exports the products and uses the profits to support people affected by leprosy and women in need, empowering, rehabilitating and restoring dignity.