Mossy Foot Blog
November 2022
In the United States, we are celebrating Thanksgiving. I am overwhelmed with gratitude for you, dear partner. What a privilege it is to be able to be part of the Mossy Foot ministry that is transforming lives. What a blessing that we are not in this endeavor alone but joined by you!
Making Shoes for Mossy Foot Patients
Wearing shoes is a critical component of the healing process for people with mossy foot disease. But finding shoes that fit the patients' swollen feet is often impossible. Making custom fit shoes is a key part of the ministry of the Mossy Foot Project in Ethiopia. The...
Recovered Mossy Foot Patients Graduate
Dr. Barlow began treating Mossy Foot patients in 1997. Since then many people have experienced radical improvement in the condition of their feet using the simple treatment techniques that he perfected. Now as the Mossy Foot Project leadership is considering opening...
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...
Shoe Distribution
Recently Samaritan’s Feet International provided Mossy Foot Project with a contribution of 13,000 pairs of good quality shoes for children. We described the arrival of the shoes here. Two weeks ago, Bruce Bodman, the Director of Logistics and Supply Chain for...
A 70th Birthday Present for Sharon Daly
On April 8, 2014, Sharon Daly, the president of Mossy Foot Project and daughter of founder Dr. Nathan Barlow, will celebrate her 70th birthday. The present that would bring her most joy on her birthday would be to see construction completed on the new headquarters for...
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...
Shoes!
Recently we received good news from Mossy Foot Project headquarters in Soddo. A long awaited shipment of donated shoes finally arrived. The journey of these shoes began many months ago when Mossy Foot President Sharon Daly connected with Samaritan's Feet, an...
Recent Cataract Surgery
Earlier this year, we we received a generous gift from a friend of Mossy Foot Project that would allow 100 cataract surgeries to be completed for mossy foot patients. Since then, clinic workers have been identifying patients who qualify for surgery, and recently the...
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 her...
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...