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Ghana - Arigu - Asumpaheme, who is blind, goes to collect water at a water hole. Her grandchild is strapped to her back.
Asumpaheme, who is blind, goes to collect water at a water hole. Her grandchild is strapped to her back. She is blind due to the entirely preventable 'River Blindness' (Onchocerciasis) Despite herhandicap, she has no choice but to continue farming.
Photo ID: SFE_030305_0058
©Stuart Freedman
Photo keywords: Africa, agriculture, Arigu, baby, blind, blindness, child, disability, eyes, farm, farmer, farmers, Ghana, infant, Onchocerciasis, peasant, poor, poverty, River Blindness, rural, Upper East, vision, woman