Meet Endrias!

Meet Endrias!

Two years ago Sharon Daly, President of the Mossy Foot Project, first reported from Ethiopia about meeting Endrias. “We met Endrias several days ago at one of our clinic sites.  He said that it takes him 2 hours to walk to clinic due to his sick feet, so...
Meet Choforo Asefa Gesho

Meet Choforo Asefa Gesho

Choforo Asefa Gesho is a 75 year-old man from Gununo Woreda. Choforo has 8 children: 4 girls and 4 boys. During his life, Choforo has experienced many challenges and difficult times, but also great deliverance. He was sobbing and full of praise when he told his story....
Mossy Foot Stories

Mossy Foot Stories

Mossy Foot Stories We are also excited to announce our first book!  Mossy Foot Stories is a collection of patient stories demonstrating how the treatment offered by Mossy Foot Project has brought men, women, and children from misery and ostracism to restoration and...
Worano Wogaso’s Story

Worano Wogaso’s Story

Worano’s story demonstrates the radical change that early intervention can have for a young person with mossy foot disease. It also shows the importance of having local clinics that are accessible to those in need. And finally, it demonstrates how those who have...
A Joyful Wedding

A Joyful Wedding

Sharon Daly recently returned from five weeks in Ethiopia. The following story describes one of the highlights of her trip: attending the wedding of a young woman treated for mossy foot by her father many years ago. The following is Sharon’s story of Sitenna and...
Nigatuwa Yakob: A New Life

Nigatuwa Yakob: A New Life

I was born in Sholia Kodo, a small town near Soddo, the fourth among eight brothers and sisters. In my village, some children went to school, but others had to tend their family’s cattle. The cattle grazed in swampy areas where wet grass grows on muddy islands and...