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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.
Author: Stuart Freedman
©Stuart Freedman
Photo size: 17.5 Mpixels (50 MB uncompressed) - 5181x3371 pixels (17.3x11.2 in / 43.9x28.5 cm at 300 ppi)
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
Published in: Ghana - Blind Farmers