Ethiopia: Searching for Milk in Addis Abeba

Molla Ayalew, 58, lives with 12 members of his family in a rented house in the Kirkos District. The lone breadwinner for his family, he nurtured nine of his offspring feeding them unprocessed milk supplied by the nearby cattle owner with his 700 Br monthly income.

However, the supply of milk he depended on for years later became a memory as the nearby rancher told him that he could no longer supply him the milk. Out of desperation, Molla's family started to buy the high-priced tetra packed milk for the last year.

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