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Ethiopia

Little by little: rebuilding homes and the sense of safety

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Bethelihem is just 17 years old, yet she carries the weight of her entire household on her shoulders. After losing her parents to natural causes, she became the head of her family, raising her two younger siblings in a small dilapidated tukul (a small traditional hut with walls made of mud or stone) on the outskirts of May Tsebri, northern Ethiopia.

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