| Category | Institutional Archive |
|---|---|
| Organization | Institute of Ethiopian Studies |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Address | Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University, Welde Meskel Archive Centre, PO Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Telephone | +251 011 515 3772 or +251 011 123 9740 |
| Fax | +251 011 123 9740 |
| URL | http://www.aau.edu.et/ |
The Welde Meskel Archive Centre, Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University, holds a number of documents related to leprosy. See below for a summary and description of the files.
[These Documents Basically Deal With Land Related Issues at the Kuyera Leprosarium]
Memorandum by the MOPH concerning the land problem that prevailed between the Arusi pastoralist Oromo and, Ato Yohannes Araya and Ato Hailu Zewde who received the land as a replacement for the two gashas (80 hectars) of land they had lost to the expansion of Kuyera Leprosarium. (21 Nehase 1955 E.C [c. 27 August1963] )
Application from the representatives of the Kuyera leprosy patients, Ato Hajji Adem Debelo and Ato Serbar Idris, to the Ethiopian Imperial Government Land Reform and Administration Office regarding the problem of the patients in having a privately owned plot of land from the five gash (200 hectares) of land which had been donated by Emperor Haile Sillassie I for the purpose of settling the patients. (25 Meyaziya 1966E.C [c. 3 May1974])
Letter from the Ministry of Land Reform and Administration to the MOPH reporting on the failure of the Kuyera Leprosarium in distributing the additional land which had been donated by Emperor Haile Sillassie I for the settlement of the Kuyera leprosy patients in 1961. (8 Nehase 1966E.C [c. 14 August 1974])
Letter from the Shashemene Wereda Reste Shum to the Haykoch enna Butajira Awraja Yemeret Yizota enna Astedader Tsefet Bet concerning the distribution of the five gasha land, that had been donated by Emperor Haile Sillassie I, to the leprosy affected persons of Kuyera Leprosarium. (26 Genbot 1966 E.C [c. 3 June 1974])
Entry made March, 2007
| Name | Ato Mesfin or Ato Solomon |
|---|---|
| Organization | Welde Meskel Archive Centre |
| Address | Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University, PO Box 1176, Ethiopia |
| Telephone | +251 011 515 3772 or +251 011 123 9740 |
| Fax | +251 011 123 9740 |