Bringing Clean Water to Ethiopians

March 28, 2008 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Alex Stonehill, Ethiopia

Sarah Stuteville, with Dillo water walkers on the walk out of salt crater. Image by Alex Stonehill. Ethiopia, 2008.

A child stands among hay stacks in Bishikiltu. Eighty to Eight-five percent of Ethiopia lives in rural areas and depends on farming and agriculture for their survival. Image by Alex Stonehill. Ethiopia, 2008.

Water First supporter Mark Nilson and helps build a community water point at a water project in progress in Oromia State. Image by Alex Stonehill. Ethiopia, 2008.

Water Firsters, (from left) Jon Hughes, Kirk Anderson and Mark Nilson apply handsanitizer in preparation for a meal with the community in Ilama Muja. Image by Alex Stonehill. Ethiopia, 2008.

Ilama Muja villagers taste clean, running water in their community for the first time. Image by Alex Stonehill. Ethiopia, 2008.

Water First Executive Director Marla Smith-Nilson speaks with villagers in Bishikiltu. Image by Alex Stonehill. Ethiopia, 2008.

Younger girls from Dillo town filling jerry cans at the spring. Image by Alex Stonehill. Ethiopia, 2008.

Carrying water in Dubluck town, Oromiya Region - even in bigger towns like Dubluck, piped water is rare, so citizens must walk to one of a few wells or spigots to collect household water supplies. Image by Alex Stonehill. Ethiopia, 2008.

Water Walker in Oromiya Region, Southern Ethiopia. Image by Alex Stonehill. Ethiopia, 2008.

All images by Alex Stonehill.