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A short introduction to this album.

Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.

Access to water in Ethiopia can be a matter of life or death. This is brief look at the lives of people for whom an adequate water supply can never be taken for granted.

Transcript -- Access to water in Ethiopia can be a matter of life or death. This is brief look at the lives of people for whom an adequate water supply can never be taken for granted.

A day in the life of Yeshiemebet Zewdu., a local villager who lives with her husband and five children. Her daily tasks include several trips to a spring to fetch water for all their daily needs.

Transcript -- A day in the life of Yeshiemebet Zewdu., a local villager who lives with her husband and five children. Her daily tasks include several trips to a spring to fetch water for all their daily needs.

Life in the Ethiopian town of Bahir Dar is somewhat different from rural life we see in track 2 'Water in rural Ethiopia'. With a direct water pipe to her house, Mulugojam Tegegne and her family enjoy a relatively comfortable life.

Transcript -- Life in the Ethiopian town of Bahir Dar is somewhat different from rural life we see in track 2 'Water in rural Ethiopia'. With a direct water pipe to her house, Mulugojam Tegegne and her family enjoy a relatively comfortable life.

65% of people in Ethiopia don’t have access to clean drinking water. With the dangers of contamination and pollution, some people are forced to use the river as their only source of water.

Transcript -- 65% of people in Ethiopia don’t have access to clean drinking water. With the dangers of contamination and pollution, some people are forced to use the river as their only source of water.