Ethiopia: Great Trek for Water in the South

Borena — For many people, access to water is a mere turn of the tap away; for Abdha Aso, a 20-year-old mother of five, it involves a four-hour round trip to a muddy pond. Only a year ago, she could reach a nearby stream in 20 minutes but it has since dried up.

The rains, which usually fall twice a year - between October and November and February and May - in the Borena zone in southern Ethiopia failed last year and this.

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