Water crisis is felt most acutely by women who are responsible for water collection. Damme lives in Ethiopia and she used to travel more than six hours to fetch water from a nearby region. The water she collected was not even clean.
Ethiopia is one of Africa’s top performing economies. which has lead to rapid urbanization. In Woreda 8 neighborhood in Addis Ababa, more than half of the residents live in informal settlements with no access to clean water and sanitation.
After months of anticipation — and yet not having time to think too much about a trip I still considered far into the future — I am boarding a plane with my daughter for Ethiopia.
Habitat Ethiopia works with people like Tegegn Bogale Selegn, who are affected by leprosy, to improve their housing conditions and also to reintegrate them into the community.
