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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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  • Tsion sits inside the Hamade office in Barentu, Eritrea August 25, 2006. Tsion was a fighter in the struggle against Ethiopia. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Kadija's daughter Saidya, 11, stands with her mother's donkey outside  her home in 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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  • Tiblits gathers water at a well near her home using her donkey in Barentu, Eritrea
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  • Tiblits gathers water at a well near her home using her donkey in Barentu, Eritrea
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  • Women from Hamada meet inside the home of Tsion (in pink) as they discuss issues related to the donkey initiative. Also there is Tiblets in white scarf and Kadija in blue in  Barentu, Eritrea at dusk August 30, 2006.     (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Women from Hamada meet inside the home of Tsion (in pink) as they discuss issues related to the donkey initiative. Also there is Tiblets in white scarf and Kadija in blue in  Barentu, Eritrea at dusk August 30, 2006.     (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Kadija grinds sorgum outside her home August 27, 2006.
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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 28, 2006..
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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 28, 2006.
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  • Tiblits gathers water at a well near her home using her donkey in Barentu, Eritrea
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  • Coptic christians bath in what they believe is holy water in the river Abune in Barentu, Eritrea August 29, 2006. They believe that the water cured a blind girl and her brother who was paralyzed  over 30 years ago. Hundreds of pilgrims came to the site  to make  offerings of goat, drink the holy water, bath and pray.     (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Coptic christians bath in what they believe is holy water in the river Abune in Barentu, Eritrea August 29, 2006. They believe that the water cured a blind girl and her brother who was paralyzed  over 30 years ago. Hundreds of pilgrims came to the site  to make  offerings of goat, drink the holy water, bath and pray.     (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Aifa Aifa's sister, Fulul, sits with her children in her village of Gulul, near 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.
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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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  • A child watches Tiblits donkey outside her home in Barentu
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  • 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 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 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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  • 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 bath in what they believe is holy water in the river Abune in Barentu, Eritrea August 29, 2006. They believe that the water cured a blind girl and her brother who was paralyzed  over 30 years ago. Hundreds of pilgrims came to the site  to make  offerings of goat, drink the holy water, bath and pray.     (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.
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  • 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 afterwards.   (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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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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  • 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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  • Young 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, a baby  was baptized with the name Mihreteab. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Women from Hamada meet inside the home of Tsion (in pink) as they discuss issues related to the donkey initiative. Also there is Tiblets in white scarf and Kadija in blue in  Barentu, Eritrea at dusk 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Aifa Aifa sits with her family preparing breakfast and coffee before she heads to the market to receive a donkey from the womens union "Hamada"   in her village of Gulul, near Barentu, Eritrea.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Tiblits neighbor Zaid Tesheme, 31 holds her baby after he was 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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  • Kadija visits Fatna Adem, 28, just a few days after she helped her give birth to a baby girl in a village 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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  • 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 afterwards.   (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • 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 afterwards.   (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Kadija's daughter Saidya, 11,  stands with a neighbor's camel she takes cares of outside her home in  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 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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  • Kadija greets her neighbors near her village on the outskirts of downtown Barentu, Eritrea August 31, 2006.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Kadija stands with her cows outside her home in  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 visits Fatna Adem, 28, just a few days after she helped her give birth to a baby girl in a village in Barentu, Eritrea August 30, 2006.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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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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  • Tiblits brews coffee during a traditional coffee ceremony
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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 afterwards.
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  • Traditional coffee brews inside Tiblits home
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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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  • The daughter of Kadija, Saidya, 11, and her neighbors' children including Jima Ali (wearing purple) collect water with a donkey August 25, 2006 in Barentu, Eritrea. Some of the most difficult and labor intensive work is gathering wood and water and it is traditionally carried out by women only. (Ami Vitale)
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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 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 afterwards.   (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Tiblits' neighbors and her daughter Yirgalem, 18, granddaughter Samrawit, 1,  sit outside Tiblits' house enjoying a coffee ceremony  August 28, 2006 in Barentu, Eritrea. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Left to right, Domos, 17, Elen Milash, from the local branch of the Womens Union, "Hamade", the administrator for peace village, Tsion, a former soldier with EPLF and  far right, Tiblets Keleta, 54, a recipient of a donkey enjoy the ceremonial Eritrean coffee ritual called "Daga" which means sweet in the Kunama language August 24, 2006 in the district of Zoba Fithi which stands for "Justice" in the southern region of Barentu, Eritrea.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Coptic christians bath in what they believe is holy water in the river Abune in Barentu, Eritrea August 29, 2006. They believe that the water cured a blind girl and her brother who was paralyzed  over 30 years ago. Hundreds of pilgrims came to the site  to make  offerings of goat, drink the holy water, bath and pray.     (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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Coptic christians bath in what they believe is holy water in a river in Barentu, Eritrea August 29, 2006. They believe that the water cured a blind boy over 40 years ago and so they come here to make offererings, bath and pray.     (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Kadija collects water with a donkey August 25, 2006 in Barentu, Eritrea. Some of the most difficult and labor intensive work is gathering wood and water and it is traditionally carried out by women only. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Coptic christians bath in what they believe is holy water in a river in Barentu, Eritrea August 29, 2006. They believe that the water cured a blind boy over 40 years ago and so they come here to make offererings, bath and pray.     (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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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's daughter Saidya, 11, gets their donkey ready to fetch water in 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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  • Daily life in the most remote village called Mahalchu of the Gash Barka August 25, 2006.
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  • Aifa sits with her niece Soudi as her family prepares breakfast and coffee before she heads to the market to receive a donkey from the womens union "Hamada"   in her village of Gulul, near Barentu, Eritrea.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Barentu, Eritrea at dusk August 30, 2006.     (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • The daughter of Kadija, Saidya, 11, and her neighbors' children including Jima Ali (wearing purple) collect water with a donkey August 25, 2006 in Barentu, Eritrea. Some of the most difficult and labor intensive work is gathering wood and water and it is traditionally carried out by women only. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Kadija visits Fatna Adem, 28, just a few days after she helped her give birth to a baby girl in a village in Barentu, Eritrea August 30, 2006.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Kadija Anya, 38,  who is a traditional birth assistant, August 24, 2006 in the village of Shilabo, near Barentu, Eritrea.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Daily life in the most remote village called Mahalchu of the Gash Barka August 25, 2006.
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  • Kadija visits Fatna Adem, 28, just a few days after she helped her give birth to a baby girl in a village in Barentu, Eritrea August 30, 2006.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Kadija visits Fatna Adem, 28, just a few days after she helped her give birth to a baby girl in a village in Barentu, Eritrea August 30, 2006.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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