The following ILEP Members are supporting anti-leprosy activities in Ethiopia:
- Associazione Italiana Amici di Raoul Follereau (AIFO)
- American Leprosy Missions (ALM)
- Deutsche Lepra- und Tuberkulosehilfe (DAHW)
- Netherlands Leprosy Relief (NLR)
- Fontilles lucha contra la Lepra (SF)
- The Leprosy Mission International (TLMI) 

Below are some examples of Members anti-leprosy work in this country.

Deutsche Lepra- und Tuberkulosehilfe

Deutsche Lepra- und Tuberkulosehilfe

Bisidimo is no ordinary village. It grew from a development project begun in 1957 by DAHW and was their first anti-leprosy project. In 1960 they completed and opened their hospital, which Emperor Haile Selassie praised as “a valuable form of assistance from German people for Ethiopians”. Within a few years Bisidimo transformed itself from a leprosarium and asylum for long term patients into a hospital for the treatment of outpatients. The need for more space prompted the construction of a building to accommodate 150 patients that was opened in 1971. Today Bisidimo is a general hospital, which treats cases of tuberculosis, AIDS, malaria and other diseases besides leprosy. There is also a dental post, dermatology department, farm, workshops and a professional training centre, which are collectively known as the Leprosy Relief Center Bisidimo.

See also the autobiographical article by Ato Dedo and the article on the Gende Kore women’s self-help group.

American Leprosy Missions and Netherlands Leprosy Relief

American Leprosy Missions and Netherlands Leprosy Relief

These two organisations jointly support, with some assistance from the Deutsche Lepra- und Tuberkulosehilfe, the Medhen Centre (full name?!!). This Centre is on the road to one of the world’s largest leprosy villages, where approximately 25,000 families are living together in extremely cramped conditions. ALM and NLR are running a tutoring programme, which allows 1200 pupils to participate in schooling.  Pupils spend half a day in government schools and the other half of the day in a tutoring session. Every participating family contributes one birr a month towards the hire of the classroom space and the parents must volunteer to act as classroom monitors. Additionally, parents whose children are in the programme, will not offer food or clothing to their neighbours unless they, in turn, enrol their children in the programme. The Ethiopian Government considers this programme to be a model to combat poverty through education.

The Leprosy Mission International

The Leprosy Mission International

In addition to supporting activities at the All Africa Leprosy, TB and Rehabilitation Training Centre, The Leprosy Mission International supports the Ethiopian National Association of Ex-Leprosy Patients with its anti-discriminatory activities. (See separate description of ENAELP).