Ethiopian mother and child wash at a capped well, paid for with the Fairtrade coffee premium, Haro, Ethiopia
Aloya dressed in purple frock what impact the facility has had on their lives She says I used to walk for half an hour to the large river to get drinking water and to wash clothes Now I come here which is very close to my home where we have clean water for drinking washing and personal hygiene We ask Tura about the effect on people s health There are fewer water borne diseases amoeba and giardia and so people are much healthier he says It is truly an impressive set up well managed terrifically well used and very important for the health of one thousand of families who live nearby And it is wonderfully situated amongst the coffee farms beneath a large fig tree a lovely place to take an early morning shower
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