Patient Stories
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 seen....
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 an...
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 yesterday we...
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 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'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
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...
Megiso Mena: A Prisoner Set Free
Megiso Mena was born in a remote area of Woilatta and never had the opportunity to attend school, but he was talented and hardworking and became a successful farmer. He also grew and traded coffee. Because he had money and was strong, his neighbors respected him and...
Abraham’s Story
If I stay longer in Soddo, I am sure I will get well completely. Then when I get back to my home, I can start school. I want to be a doctor when I get older so I can help people in the way I have been helped. Abraham Fantahun was 13 when he first came to the Mossy...