Stories from the Field
Posted on 3 October 2007 by
Ato Dedo, the 56 year-old from Ethiopia, had leprosy for 15 years when he was young. Today he is running the Bidisimo Hospital for DAHW, their first project. He tells his life story here.
Categories: Ethiopia, News and Notes
Posted on 11 September 2008 by
Fatumah belongs to the Gende Kore Women’s Self-help Group of ex-leprosy patients. Fatumah is around fifty years old and like most women in the Group has not had an education. Under the leadership of colleagues from Bisidimo she and more than 30 other poor country women have set up a successful economic co-operative.
Categories: Ethiopia, Field Activities