Audio slideshow: A tale of two Ethiopian women fighting hunger

19 June 2012

<bold>Ethiopia is synonymous in many people's minds with drought and famine. In some parts of the country, staying alive and healthy during the dry season without food handouts is difficult.</bold>

But in the Tigray region, a pioneering project to manage environmental resources - which conserves water and improves food security - is transforming the fortunes of some families. Meet two mothers who live a few hours' drive apart, but whose lives are very different.

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<italic>Images courtesy WFP/Jiro Ose and Ruth Evans. Archive images from 1985 courtesy Getty Images.</italic>

<italic>Audio by Ruth Evans. Music by KPM Music.</italic>

<italic>Slideshow production by Paul Kerley and Ruth Evans. Publication date 19 June 2012.</italic>

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