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A hand dug well of 4.5m depth of excavation & 0.8m water depth in Zaetate

Gem-asa village sees the development of a spring. Soon this little girl will have a tap to collect her water from instead of having to collect it from the unprotected source here.

Construction of foundations begin for 5m3 collection chamber in Gem-asa village

Stones are collected for construction of the collection chamber & cattle trough in Gem-asa village

Members of the community donate their labour to help contruction in Gem-asa

Serge and Sadie see how the biogas works inside the house

Sadie and Serge are hsown the biogas latrine - its certainly clean!

Sadie and Serge are hsown the biogas latrine - its certainly clean!

The women of the community perform a traditional welcome dance for us

We notice a line of children marching down the hill in the distance

The children get nearer and we can hear them clapping and shouting 'Welcome, Welcome!'

A hand operated pump in Adiger

Abidat drinks from the tap stand near her house

Filling up in Adiger. Now the water point is only 10 minutes walk away from this lady's home

The water point in Adiger

Hilfi shows us her latrine

Children collect water from the unprotected source in Hiwane

Kirus collecting water

Mebrahtenn is helped with the water container by a young girl

Mehret Hooblis, age 8

Iseya Kebed, age 23

Serge Sadzo, Ecover Belgium and Sadie Ramm, Ecover UK

Naomi Irving and Rona Higgins from WaterAid

Mark Pengelly and Marco Betti

Genet, Mahilet and Seliman washing their hands at school

Abidat drinks from the tap stand near her house

We're greeted with song and dance from the women of Mai Gbitsi

Sadie interviews the women on Adiger's water committee

Traditional shoulder greeting

Children greeting us at May Gbitsi

Sadie asks some sanitation questions to Grade 1 at Hiwane School

The headmaster of Hiwane School shows us to the Sanitation Club headquarters

The Sanitation Club perform a play for the rest of the school every Friday

The children learn hygiene messages in songs, which they sing for us

I look around the model house used by the Sanitation Club

The kitchen in the model house - we're shown how to do the cleaning!

The children in Grade 1

The Sanitation Club perform a play for the rest of the school every Friday

The chlidren are enthralled by the tales of the man's upset stomach!

Asking questions to the Grade 1 class

Serge asks some questions of the Sanitation Club

Serge practises some football skills at Hiwane Elementary School

Lining up for assembly at Hiwane School

We notice a line of children marching down the hill in the distance

The children get nearer and we can hear them clapping and shouting 'Welcome, Welcome!'

The children come running down the hill from the school to greet us

Welcomed by the children in Mai Gbitsi

We're welcomed with singing, drumming and dancing

A colourful welcome

We notice a line of children marching down the hill in the distance

The children get nearer and we can hear them clapping and shouting 'Welcome, Welcome!'

The children come running down the hill from the school to greet us

We're greeted with song and dance from the women of Mai Gbitsi

Welcome from the villagers of Mai Gbitsi

Welcomed by the children in Mai Gbitsi

Children collect water from the unprotected source in Hiwane

Martha and other girls load up her donkey with 25 litre containers

Rona and Sadie interview some children whilst they collect their water

Sadie lifts Martha's 25 litre container onto the donkey - it's really heavy.

Sadie interviewing children at the unprotected source in Hiwane

Filling up the containers with water

Mulu, age 9, takes her water home

Serge spends some time with the men of the village at May Ayni

We help out with the weeding at Haile's kitchen garden

Kendihurt at the water point in May Ayni

Hilfi shows us her latrine

Kuleytu in her kitchen garden

The aqueduct to carry water from the tap stand over a gorge to Letekirus's house

Ganet and Letekirus show us the taps where they collect water now

Kalay in his kitchen garden in Adiger

Sadie and Serge interview Letekirus and Ganet from Adiger's water committee

Ganet and Letekirus show us how they used to collect water

Sadie and Serge complete their interview to a fantastic backdrop

Yosef Weldu age 5

Serge taking photos in Hiwane

Children collecting water in Hiwane

Filming the local priest in May Ayni

Serge and the local priest

Haile Adhana in his kitchen garden

Kuleytu's daughter and baby son using the tap

Serge and Sadie sampling the traditional bread

Serge interviewing the men of May Ayni

Our first thoughts and feelings are filmed on arrival at Makele

We meet at the EOC headquarters

Mr Gashaye Chekol, from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church

We are given an overview of EOC's work at their office

Serge Sadzo, Ecover Belgium and Sadie Ramm, Ecover UK

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