Negusse

Negusse’s journey to America began in Eritrea.  He arrived as a young person navigating a country and system entirely new to him, and for a stretch of time, he faced it without stable housing or consistent access to care.  It was a hard chapter, one he describes candidly: “There were times when I thought I wouldn’t wake up the next morning.”

When Negusse learned about Project Renewal’s mobile medical clinic, what struck him wasn’t just the care itself, it was the way they kept showing up.

“Project Renewal was always there for me at my lowest point, when nobody else was,” he said. That kind of consistency – reliable care, visit after visit, without judgment – became the foundation for Negusse to start to rebuild on.

From there, the pieces came together steadily.  Primary care and medication delivered right from the van gave Negusse the physical footing he needed to move forward.  Glasses and dentures followed, small but meaningful additions that let him engage with the world more fully – to see clearly, to eat well, and show up for himself in ways that had felt out of reach before.

Today, Negusse has been housed for more than a decade, and he’s employed, contributing his own work and presence to the city he now calls home.  His path from an uncertain and unsupported moment to a decade of stability is a testament to what steady, dignified care can unlock – not just survival, but a truly rebuilt life.