Anchamo, 20, fills a water container from a small tank on her family’s plot, Gibi village, Gurage, Ethiopia Feleke Melka, 42, Feleke Bodas, 75, Getachew Tiba, 50, chatting, Gibi village, Gurage. Wubshat Ibhat, 15, on his way home with a lamb born this morning, Gibi village, Gurage. Maraganesh Waldemikel, 60, cooks kocho bread from fermented 'enset' stalks and roots. This batch has been fermenting for four years. Gibi village, Gurage. Children on the way to fetch water, Muhe village, Gurage. Abonesh Mirete, 55, on her way back from church, Muhe village, Gurage. People gather for a wedding celebration on a date auspicious for marriages, Gibi village, Gurage. People gather for a wedding celebration on a date auspicious for marriages, Muhe village, Gurage. Donkey cart drivers rest their animals after bringing day labourers to work on the irrigated farms from Meki town, Meki River Delta. Alat Washo, 25, walks 15 km to Meki market where she will sell this bundle of twigs 20 birr ($1.50). People using donkeys to carry water home from Lake Langano. Women’s group meeting at Woshe Kenan. Lake Langano. Women’s group meeting at Woshe Kenan. Lake Langano. “We are worried about deforestation of our mountain and have been planting trees. We need to control the grazing of our cattle and what we cut for firewood,” said Hysha Gimedo. Cattle herders walking their animals home, Hurufa Lole, Lake Langano. Jamazgin Badaso brings in catfish he has taken from Ziway lake. Todadje Gutada, 18, (right) selling fish from Ziway lake to a local villager. He can earn $2 to 3$ a day from his catch. Workers spraying insecticide at an irrigated tomato plantation on the Meki River delta. Abebech Yehewalashet taking dried dung to sell for fuel in Debre Birhan market. One donkey-load sells for 25 birr, or $1.50 Alemshet Tirfe, 18, taking hay animal feed to market in Debre Birhan. Etachew Tadesse, 45, and Eshetu Begashaw, 22, plough a field near Debre Birhan to plant guaya, a legume. Eshetu, a medical student, is helping out on the family farm. Yeshiye Gebbo makes injera bread from fermented barley flour on a fuel efficient stove, Debre Birhan. Tesfaye Zegenu harvests barley on his mother’s plot near Debre Birhan. Sintayu Mekurie, 20, and Genet Shenkute, 30, in the doorway of their home near Debre Birhan. Timitu Gitma helps to herd sheep and goats near Debre Birhan. Kidane Wolde inside his house in Furamariam village, Debele, with his wife and daughter and a family friend. Kidane Wolde and his family eat meal of injera, Furamariam village, Debele. A woman carries her baby home, Furamariam village, Debele. Two farmers riding their horses, North Shewa. A woman crosses a stream with her donkeys, Wofwasha, North Shewa. People walk along a path on a hillside badly eroded from overgrazing, Wofwasha, North Shewa. Villagers have taken their farmland right to the edge of the juniper forest, Wofwasha Kebele, North Shewa. Villagers have taken their farmland right to the edge of the juniper forest, Wofwasha Kebele, North Shewa. Farmers drink a glass of home-made araki around a fire, Wofwasha, North Shewa. Forest guards in Wofwasha. The Meconen family weeding his field of tef, Mescha village, North Shewa. A farmer and his daughter preparing to work in their field, Mescha village, North Shewa. i Projects with UK NGO Tree Aid’s partners in Ethiopia.
