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Story - Ethiopia - Drives her truck on drought's front-line
MOYALE, Ethiopia -Reuters -May 5,2006: -- Tafesech Sahele causes a stir wherever she goes: there are not many women driving trucks in Ethiopia, and her cargo is as precious as life... "People jump around and run up with their cans when they see the water tanker drive up. When they see it is me, they gather around to see a woman driver. It is very unusual," said Tafesech, a 45-year-old mother of two... She delivers water to the Moyale district on the border with Kenya, an area that has been hit hard by a drought affecting millions across the Horn of Africa... For the people of Moyale, Tafesech provides a lifeline in a country where the government says more than 737,000 people do not have access to clean water after two successive rainy seasons failed... Tafesech has the sole responsibility of delivering water supplies to over 100,000 people...
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