Trekking for Water in Ethiopia

For many people, access to water is a mere turn of the tap away, but for these Ethiopian women and children it's a four-hour round trip to a muddy pond.
A Journey For Water in Ethiopia

PHOTO ESSAYS: A Journey For Water in Ethiopia

Young girls aged between eight and eleven walk to a pond to fetch water in the Borena zone in southern Ethiopia.

  • Ethiopia:   Great Trek for Water in the South

    UNIRIN, 19 July 2011

    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,… Read more »

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