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Ghana - Arigu - Asumpaheme, who is blind, works with her daughter to sort beans.
Asumpaheme, who is blind, works with her daughter to sort beans. 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_0056
©Stuart Freedman
Photo keywords: Africa, agriculture, Arigu, beans, blind, blindness, disability, eyes, farm, farmer, farmers, Ghana, hands, Onchocerciasis, peasant, poor, poverty, River Blindness, rural, Upper East, vision, woman