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  • Tiblits shares the local delicacy called "Injero" with her neighbors after Zaid Tesheme, 31 had her baby baptized with the name Mihreteab inside Coptic St. Mary's chapel in the village of Fithi which means "justice" on the outskirts of  Barentu, Eritrea August 27, 2006. During this ceremony, the donkey that Tiblets received from the womens union "Hamade", helped them prepare for the celebration afterwards.
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  • Aifa Aifa stands together with her new donkey that she chose at the bustling Thursday livestock market in Barentu, Eritrea August 30, 2006.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Aifa Aifa stands together with her new donkey that she chose at the bustling Thursday livestock market in Barentu, Eritrea August 30, 2006.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Coptic christians pray outside St. Mary's church in the village of Fithi which means "justice" on the outskirts of  Barentu, Eritrea August 27, 2006. During this ceremony, Tiblits neighbor Zaid Tesheme, 31 had her baby baptized with the name Mihreteab. The donkey that Tiblets received from the womens union "Hamade", helped them prepare for the celebration afterwards.   (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Kadija stands holding her equiptment that she uses to help women give brith outside her home in Shilabo, Eritrea August 27, 2006. Kadija is a traditional birth assistant as well as a recipient of a donkey from the women's union "Hamade".
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  • Priest Kewani stands inside St. Mary's church Coptic in Barentu, Eritrea August 27, 2006.  (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Villagers pray on a normal Sunday service as Tiblits neighbor Zaid Tesheme, 31 has her baby baptized with the name Mihreteab inside Coptic St. Mary's chapel in the village of Fithi which means "justice" on the outskirts of  Barentu, Eritrea August 27, 2006. During this ceremony, . The donkey that Tiblets received from the womens union "Hamade", helped them prepare for the celebration afterward
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  • Priest Kewani stands inside St. Mary's church Coptic in Barentu, Eritrea August 27, 2006.  (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Tiblits walks her donkey that she received from the womens union "Hamade",  past abandoned Ethiopian military vehicles as she heads to the watering hole.
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  • Kadija Anya, 38,  who is a traditional birth assistant, August 29, 2006 in the village of Shilabo, nearf Barentu, Eritrea.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Coptic christians pray outside St. Mary's church in the village of Fithi which means "justice" on the outskirts of  Barentu, Eritrea August 27, 2006. During this ceremony, Tiblits neighbor Zaid Tesheme, 31 had her baby baptized with the name Mihreteab. The donkey that Tiblets received from the womens union "Hamade", helped them prepare for the celebration afterwards.   (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Kadija visits Fatna Adem, 28, just a few days before she helped her give birth to a baby girl in a village in Barentu, Eritrea August 27 2006. They wait one week before they give the a child a name because child mortality is so frequent.
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  • Aifa Aifa chooses a donkey at the bustling Thursday livestock market in Barentu, Eritrea and finishes the deal by paying a government tax before she can take the donkey home August 30, 2006.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Kadija's daughter Saidya, 11, prepares coffee inside their home near Barentu, Eritrea august 25, 2006. Kadija is a traditional birth assistant as well as a recipient of a donkey from the women's union "Hamade". (Ami Vitale)
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  • Kadija's daughter Saidya, 11, prepares coffee inside their home near Barentu, Eritrea august 25, 2006. Kadija is a traditional birth assistant as well as a recipient of a donkey from the women's union "Hamade". (Ami Vitale)
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  • Coptic christians pray outside St. Mary's church in the village of Fithi which means "justice" on the outskirts of  Barentu, Eritrea August 27, 2006. During this ceremony, Tiblits neighbor Zaid Tesheme, 31 had her baby baptized with the name Mihreteab. The donkey that Tiblets received from the womens union "Hamade", helped them prepare for the celebration afterwards.   (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Coptic christians pray outside St. Mary's church in the village of Fithi which means "justice" on the outskirts of  Barentu, Eritrea August 27, 2006. During this ceremony, Tiblits neighbor Zaid Tesheme, 31 had her baby baptized with the name Mihreteab. The donkey that Tiblets received from the womens union "Hamade", helped them prepare for the celebration afterwards.   (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Coptic christians pray outside St. Mary's church in the village of Fithi which means "justice" on the outskirts of  Barentu, Eritrea August 27, 2006. During this ceremony, Tiblits neighbor Zaid Tesheme, 31 had her baby baptized with the name Mihreteab. The donkey that Tiblets received from the womens union "Hamade", helped them prepare for the celebration afterwards.   (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Aifa Aifa stands together with her new donkey that she chose at the bustling Thursday livestock market in Barentu, Eritrea August 30, 2006.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • People come to trade cattle and goods at the bustling Thursday market in Barentu, Eritrea August 31, 2006.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Aifa Andu, center, talks to neighbors and Hamada representative in the village of Asebeina near Barentu, Eritrea.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Aifa Andu, center, talks to neighbors and Hamada representative in the village of Asebeina near Barentu, Eritrea.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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