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  • Even though the Omo Valley is less than a days drive from Awassa, many Ethiopians from the north have never seen the people of the south.  A camera on a mobile phone is still a camera and 1 Birr (Ethiopian currency) is demanded.
    Ethiopian meets Ethiopian-6905.jpg
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  • If the rains come on time there is no famine.  If they come late there is a green famine where there are crops in the fields but not ripe enough to eat. If they don't come at all there is nothing but dry fields.
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  • The region around  the Omo River Valley is home to more than 50 tribal groups.
    Tribal groups 6768.jpg
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  • The tribes hover in a no mans land somewhere in between settling down and continueing to be nomatic. Tempory homes are made from a mix of sticks, mud and the plastic bags.
    No mans land-6817.jpg
  • The costumes and body paint may not be for the tourist but this female elder knows that money comes from the people with the cameras.
    Female elder-6816.jpg
  • Dikes and levees have been built to help manage and control the seasonal rainfall and reduce the possibility of famine.
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  • The farther south you go the bumpier the road becomes and the less you see managed agriculture and aid.  Local kids run along the side of tourist vehicles hoping to receive gifts or just have some contact with the strangers.
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  • The costumes and body paint may not be for the tourist but this female elder knows that money comes from the people with the cameras.
    Female elder 6816.jpg
  • People crowd into  an open market beside the last stetch of paved road south of Arba Minch.
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  • In the Omo Valley the tribes live from month to month.  Money and infrustructure are needed to build up supplies and stave off famine. Efforts have been made by previous governments to introduce farming and settle the nomadic tribes.
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  • As big trucks roll south, the question is will this new road project be completed and will it bring the needed infrastructure and money that the Omo Valley desperately needs?
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