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Charity Hopes to Put an End to Villages' Water Woes

In Bishikiltu, Ethiopia, a group of villages that lie west of the capital city of Addis Ababa, women and their daughters walk six hours round trip, sometimes twice a day, to collect water for their families from a stream shared with thirsty cattle.

Marla Smith-Nilson, founder of Water 1st International, in Seattle, visited...

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