about us
The Leprosy Mission International has been supporting leprosy work in Ethiopia since the 1950s.
About us
The Leprosy Mission International has been supporting leprosy work in Ethiopia since the 1950s, mainly through our partners at the All Africa leprosy Rehabilitation and Training Centre (ALERT). In the 1990s, we started partnering with the Ethiopia National Association of Persons Affected by Leprosy (ENAPAL). In 2013 and with Addis Ababa Leprosy Victims and Disabled Rehabilitation Association (ALVRA) The Leprosy Mission International – Ethiopia registered as an international NGO with the Charities and Societies Agency. Our global as well as national interventions are following the three zeros: Zero transmission Zero disability and Zero stigma and discrimination.
For many years TLM has been providing funding to the All African Leprosy Tuberculosis Rehabilitation and Research Training Centre (ALERT), a referral hospital for leprosy and an international training and research centre in the capital Addis Ababa.
Since the 1990's
Since the 1990s TLM has also engaged with other partners, including the Ethiopian National Association of Persons Affected by Leprosy (ENAPAL) which has around 20,000 leprosy-affected and other disabled people as members, and Jersey Overseas Aid which is providing over 1,500 leprosy patients with access to good quality leprosy services. Such partnerships enable TLM to work with people affected by leprosy at community level in several regions. In 2011 TLM established its own office and staff team in Addis Ababa.
Where we Work?
The Woredas were selected in collaboration with the Ministry of Health based on the combination of the following criteria:
- Adjacent zone to South Wolo Zone/to make simple the expansion of project to SWZ
- The nearest districts of the zone to Borumeda and ALERT Hospital
- The existence of associations of Person affected by leprosy and other with disability with high poverty index
- Number of new cases of leprosy detected (during the past 5 years)
- Consultation with other partners like GLRA
- Adjacent woredas
The first leprosy mapping in Ethiopia
initiated and led by TLM Ethiopia in 2014 along with our projects focal areas:
- Accommodation for persons affected by leprosy, Addis Ababa
- Viable and Sustainable livelihoods for people affected by leprosy and people with disability
- Empowerment, amplifying voices and creating resilience among persons with disabilities
- Climate resilient
- Emergency response, Amhara Region, Oromia Region and Addis Ababa
- Training of Health Extension workers and General Health Workers in leprosy transmission projects
- Access of leprosy and rehabilitation services
- Leprosy hospital capacity enhancement
- Interventions on stigma and discrimination against people affected by leprosy in Amhara region and special zones of Oromia Region
TLMIE is hands-on in having developed close relationships and partnership with MOH, CSO, ALERT, AHRI, GLRA, ENAPAL, Zonal health offices, OPDs, community leaders and other key actors that has enabled and will also enable us to leverage appropriate assistance, knowledge and resources in reducing the transmission of leprosy, minimize disability and amplify the voices of persons affected by leprosy and disability.