Providing Mossy Foot Patients With Life-Changing Resources And Hope

The Mossy Foot Project is dedicated to providing mossy foot patients in Ethiopia with life-changing support through education, prevention, medical treatment, vocational training, and a message of hope.

The good news about Mossy Foot is that the condition is highly treatable. In the majority of cases simple, inexpensive treatment has dramatic results.

Prevention

In Ethiopia, the Mossy Foot Project strives to educate the population about podoconiosis: what it is and how to treat and prevent it.

Rehabilitation

The Mossy Foot Project cares for the social and emotional needs of mossy foot patients by providing vocational training and counseling.

Homes

In 2010, the Mossy Foot Project began building homes for widows and abandoned women who are patients at the clinics.

What Is Mossy Foot?

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Providing Mossy Foot Patients With Life-Changing Resources And Hope

Clinics

Patients

Shoes for Children

Houses Built

Partnering with Samaritan’s Feet to provide shoes for the poorest of the poor

Mossy Foot Stories & Updates

In Ethiopia, around one million people suffer from podoconiosis. People don’t understand why their feet are so deformed and are afraid it is contagious. Tigist and her father have this disease. Many patients escape the stigmatization in their villages and go to the big slums of Addis Ababa. But not Tigist, who finds out that the solution is rather simple.

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The Joy Of The Community

Isaiah 25:4
“You have been a refuge for the poor, , a refuge for the needy in his distress,
A shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat.”

Self-Help Loans and Treatment bring Hope

I am excited to let you know about my upcoming trip to Ethiopia from May 31st through July 2nd. Over three years have passed since I was able to walk the familiar streets of Soddo (pictured above). What a joy it will be to reunite with our staff, who are like family to me.

2022 Year in Review

“Whatever you did for the least of these, you did for Me.” Matt. 24:40

We are so grateful for what God has accomplished through the Mossy Foot ministry in 2022 to treat and restore our patients’ lives. This would not have happened without your partnership, prayers, and contributions.