Patient Stories
Sorrow Into Joy
Alemu was a teenager with mossy foot disease when he was selected at one of our clinics to receive vocational training at the Mossy Foot Project headquarters. When our Director saw the severe condition of Alemu’s feet he told him, “Your feet are so bad that you will never be able to conduct a business. I’m sorry but you should go home.”
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!
Shelter From The Storm
Just a few days ago my friend Colleen was recollecting an emotionally moving event she experienced when she came to Ethiopia with me to visit the Mossy Foot ministry. We went to see a house being built for a mossy foot widow.
Reaching Those In Need
It is a day of celebration when the community and local church come together to build a house for one of our neediest widows. Mossy Foot provides a carpenter to coordinate the building and we pay for the needed building materials.
ENKUTATASH! HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Yes, Ethiopia celebrated the beginning of the New Year of 2014 in September. Ethiopia is one of the few countries in the world with its own calendar, using the Gregorian calendar rather than the Julian calendar that we follow in the Western world.
Christmas Greetings from Mossy Foot Project
How precious is the Hope we have in God especially this Christmas as so many have encountered difficult trials this year. I would like to share with you a story of Hope…
Giving Thanks
This year has been unusual and challenging for all of us, but despite the difficult circumstances, we have many reasons for giving thanks. YOU are one of those significant reasons.
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
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
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...