A Home for Addise!

A Home for Addise!

A Home for Addise! One of the goals of the Mossy Foot Project is to improve the housing for widows and single women in need. Typically this is a collaborative effort between Mossy Foot Project purchasing supplies and the local church who provides the labor. Recently,...
Stepping Up To Help In The Pandemic

Stepping Up To Help In The Pandemic

As it seems to have done everywhere, the Coronavirus pandemic has begun reaching into the nations of Africa. Ethiopia currently has 74 reported cases and the government is taking measures to prevent the spread of the disease and protect the vulnerable.

A New Home for Abebech

A New Home for Abebech

Abebech Disa’s mossy foot disease started before her husband died. Fortunately, someone told her that she could get treatment at the Hobicha Mossy Foot Clinic. Abebech attended the clinic regularly and improved rapidly. For an uneducated woman in Ethiopia, her hope of...
Hirut Paulos

Hirut Paulos

“Today, I have forgotten my sorrows and difficult days. But I never want to forget the many other people who are still held captive to mossy foot disease.” My name is Hirut Paulos. I have gone through so many challenges and obstacles in my life it would...
A Visit with Megiso

A Visit with Megiso

On her recent visit to Ethiopia, Mossy Foot President Sharon Daly was able to visit Megiso Mena, featured in an earlier story. Megiso’s story was included in the Operation Change Ethiopia episode. He had one of the most extreme cases of mossy foot disease ever...
Zecharias

Zecharias

Mara Klassen, a volunteer at Mossy Foot Project’s state-side office, is on a three-week visit to Ethiopia. She and Mossy Foot Project President Sharon Daly have been visiting each clinic to assess needs and progress. During a visit to the Gununa Clinic, Mara had...