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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.
Author: Stuart Freedman
©Stuart Freedman
Photo size: 17.5 Mpixels (50 MB uncompressed) - 5150x3392 pixels (17.2x11.3 in / 43.6x28.7 cm at 300 ppi)
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
Published in: Ghana - Blind Farmers