Getting water in the driest region of Ethiopia | SLICE

In the South of Ethiopia, in one of the driest regions in the world, the Borana people have become the guardians of the most precious common good: water.
Once a year, when the dry season reaches its peak in Oromia, after long days of walking, the Borana herders gather with their livestock around their “singing wells”, their only resource against the tragic effects of climate change.
These ancient hand-excavated wells are managed by the shepherds themselves, who pass buckets from hand to hand to fetch water. The repetitive chants that resonate in the well are work songs: they create a rhythm that keeps everyone working at the same pace.
Documentary: Tulla: The Singing Wells
Directed by: Paolo Barberi and Riccardo Russo
Production: Esplorare la Metropoli
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[@LaundrymatCat]

Man.....I wish I had enough money to donate them a generator, how helpful that could be for them strong people...may GOD Bless them all🙏🙏

[@sabrisamsofficial]

Generator without petrol & diesel is nothing bro.

[@ellenhenmi8119]

i cannot stop my tears to see this peoples like me human but born with the same place pls. God help this many Omen 🙏🙏🙏

[@James-kv6kb]

You do realise the pope is responsible for a lot of what is going on in Africa because he won't let them condoms

[@abdullahkhalid9581]

This is an eye opener for many things that we take for granted in our day to day life. May God bless them with more rain!

[@ernestinejones809]

Amen yes indeed God bless them and the land

[@ernestinejones809]

Yes indeed in a can survive love them

[@James-kv6kb]

These people are a lost cause they keep going to war they keep destroying their crops they can't be helped

[@James-kv6kb]

​@@rafaelw8115 human beings don't have money corporations do because they got off their ass and earned it . I remember as a young kid, this country being in trouble and 50 years later with trillions of dollars of the funding they still are living like this they can't be helped

[@James-kv6kb]

@@rafaelw8115 No war is not everywhere there are many peaceful countries on earth . However the African continent has always been at war with each other Its just now they've got modern weapons . And it only seems to be the places with backward people like the Middle East and Africa that are always at War it's time for them to evolve maybe

[@rutbrea8796]

I admire these people, although the difficult life, they are singing. May the Almighty help them.

[@wandahwhetstone1587]

FATHER HELP YOUR CHILDREN JESUS 🥰🙏🙌🤴

[@TheWatermans315]

This is an eye opening documentary! I couldn't imagine living without water but this community has a lot of hope. Praying for more rain to come that will sustain your everyday needs.

[@yonassbhatu8]

I admire these people’s determination, hope, unity, and beliefs. Thank you for sharing this eye-opening and humbling documentary video.

[@ashokkumar-se5sl]

THEY ARE NOT LUCKY LIKE LIBIANS THAT THEY HAVE GREAT GREAT GADAFFI LIKE LEADER .NOT ...

[@emmanuelwanyela1922]

The singing well should never be allowed to disappear. The spirit around them is divine.

[@fm2008_2]

Thank you Slice, from Ontario, Canada. My father's grandmother is Borana peoples. Her name was Dinta Abdi, her mother's name was Halaka Liibaan. These peoples are cushitics, similarly Oromos, Somalis, Rendinle, Afar peoples, however the Oromos and Borana are cousins their languages are very close. It is amazing to watch a united communities fulfilling their daily life activities. Commonly they regard their obstacles the worst! But free from depression and other mental illnesses many suffer from in other developed countries. East Africans, there are so many Cushitics available in Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia, whom linguistically and culturally close to each other. I felt emotional for watching this documentary without traveling one step. Thanks again. May Allah bless people of Borana.

[@MohamedAli-lo9qp]

It's sad that Millions of poor humans are suffering droughts caused by the Global Warming. The developed nations who caused this Misery because of their Emission of Carbon to Global Environment must help these nations in Africa, Asia getting water and food. They were not generous during Cairo Meeting inorder to help drought stricken Regions of the World.

[@channelshalom8914]

Boronas are the original Oromos

[@bariyowfathe]

At last slice team present in our place...thanks guys for letting the world know..❤️

[@yubrajadhikari3715]

Heart touched documentary. Sad to see those animals who desperately waiting for water.😥

[@James-kv6kb]

That's how the Australian Aborigines lasted for 70000 years in a country with no water because they didn't have cattle

[@speedfreak8200]

@James you're absofuckininglutely right ✅️.... turns out it has nothing to do with God Blessing anything except methane ⛽️ gas

[@shaimabaloch3477]

Thanks for sharing such beautiful documentries. Where, we are just sleeping ,eating and using social media being not aware about these precious souls who are living such a hard life ,struggling everyday just to survive in this world.

[@lwf1952]

At this time the drought worsened compared to the time of filming this documentary. Thank you @SLICEdocs for shedding light on the struggles of my people.

[@segniw2]

how long ago was this?

[@James-kv6kb]

For the last 50 years I've been seeing ads on TV help Somalia help Somalia it's time for you to help yourself . First of all learn what a condom is

[@geninafayloga6852]

Great documentary.God pls🙏🏼help this people 😔🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@segniw2]

@@James-kv6kb your one racist individual. open you mind and try to stay on the positive side always. Fa Q

[@James-kv6kb]

@@segniw2 when you have so many people believing it's ok to have eight children and get the world to feed them that is not racism that is just concern

[@susanhanna940]

Oh thank you so much for the beloved songs to our Heavenly Father that sees and remembers all❤️❤️❤️

[@marionholtzmann6872]

The ratio of earth to water on earth is 29% to 71%. Every continent is surrounded by water. With all the money in this world, that we can’t or won’t run piping and water collection infrastructure and purifying systems from the lakes and oceans into every part of the world is sad. It doesn’t have to be this way.

[@chelseyfrancismccarthy4214]

Its sad and indeed criminal ,how real lasting investments are not carried out ,allowing millions to suffer and die , unnecessarily, or maybe thought to be by,a small minority?!@#

[@Maya_Pinion]

Doesn't ⛏️ mining,powering, cutting,crashing thru miles of earth cause another set of problems..oh,they're off to outer space but we can't get 💦, food to fellow humans .😞

[@marionholtzmann6872]

@@Maya_Pinion water pipes are installed 3’ in the ground and only 4’ wide is opened to lay pipes. Pumping and treatment facilities are intermittently installed in each town, if we can do it all over the world why not in Africa?

[@rosielagrazon5850]

. 0⁰00pppp7

[@georgeikinya2779]

Jesus christ!!! Too much inequalities in this world. The singing is to distract the mind from their exhausted physicality.

[@samanthav8728]

16:00 made me cry at the devotion to LIFE they have to form a human chain of water. Wow, I am humbled at the opportunity I have in my part of the world. May God bless your wells and your rains with never-ending water!

[@lay625]

May God bless their land and all people 🙏.

[@justmyopinion4259]

Beautiful documentary...These people and culture are the one we need to look up to. Strong,independent and Giving to their people and they tend to live in a simple life yet satisfied.

[@James-kv6kb]

Independent that's why they been asking for handouts for the last 50 years and they would happily kill each other if it meant they got more

[@leslieross3404]

Satisfied? Did you even watch the video?

[@baldeh4]

@@James-kv6kb Europeans destroyed the planet, most people were living a simple life until the evil doers came brought hyper capitalism and greed, this was after they killed each other in Europe for ages.

[@James-kv6kb]

@NAEC-ms7tw No my father grandfather and great great grandfather were carnival operators not colonialists . As for your rant about carbon emissions I am extremely aware of the environment living in Australia I will happily abuse people that buy toys from China when they're adults because that is killing the planet, when I moved into my property in remote South Australia there was not a single Blade of grass or anything growing back or front which I changed. I've planted fruit trees lawns put in veggie gardens built a green house so that I didn't have to buy food that come from the other side of Australia overseas and I've also put in solar panels so I have no carbon footprint other than my car which is just passed at the inspection so the emissions are low. But also Australia has taken in a lot of African people and the people that lived here we're worse off because of that we end up homeless because the government gave all these people cheap housing but not the people that were actually in need that were already living here . Now I am 52 in a week, and I remember seeing ads back in the 70s all the way through till now of World vision saying send more money to these people and all these bulshit ,they need to look after themselves and stop asking for handouts . Now I hope this is a good lesson in actually finding out who you're speaking to before you start shooting your mouth off.

[@koscocosco5309]

Proud of my people the borana.. I intend to start a fund to dig boreholes in those areas one day.. God willing.

[@lelelitmathew3146]

Nomadic life is always the best. We learn through hardships. God remember your people. Give us rains

[@sonofGOD2205]

He turns rivers into a wilderness and the water springs into dry ground; a fruitful land into barreness for the wickedness of those who dwell in it. He turns a wilderness into pools of water, and the dry land into water springs. Psalm 107:33-35

[@ALIHASSAN-np6rv]

Team work is very important especially when elderly people are there for advices

[@kerstin.jitschin5861]

It’s too hard for me watching at the moment,all the suffering they have to go through,especially the women,oh my lord 💜prayers for them all 🤲🏽🤲🏽🤲🏽 💜

[@chrissartain4430]

We all must Pray for these people specifically.

[@kantipatel9485]

Ethopian Government Must Help Herdmen to facilitate by deploying necessary plants, pumps and machinery for easy access water for the survival of Animals. God Bless All KP777 and Family London UK

[@semeyegebrelleg8740]

Abyi Ahemed is the killer

[@mekonnenborena2557]

Government, is there a government in Ethiopia. They hide the drought in this part of Ethiopia, when people like Taye, Abush zeleke start mobilizing resources to help they were harassed, bitten and Abiy/Shimelis wanted the aid to go through them so that they can sell it to the highest bidder. It is an easy fix if there is a government that thinks the people.

[@tiktokvibes6190]

My two cents: The translation is a bit off sometimes but boy does the documentary captures the day-to-day challenges of my people, especially during dry seasons. Growing up, I lived through that. Great job to the production team for showing resilience, adaptability, resourcefulness, togetherness, and respect for customs and water rights of my people. God bless!

[@Hellnback303]

The fact that Boranas have water rules is commendable. Shows how this people are able to survive in this kind of God forsaken place.

[@theassassin9326]

This is not Ethiopia. The real Ethiopia doesn’t look like that

[@James-kv6kb]

Of course 50 years of handouts from the west doesn't hurt either

[@Lulss4]

@@theassassin9326 this is Ethiopia, and it’s nothing to be ashamed of

[@Lulss4]

Why do Americans use such language about peoples homes?

[@abomoaaz7245]

​@@theassassin9326 All of Ethiopia is living in this tragic situation, except for the ruling class and the political elites in the capital and Amhara

[@forjanen]

Beautiful governance of common resources! Rules made by the communities for themselves. very efficient governance

[@gudisatufa6187]

Leave it to the Borana to stay calm under immense pressure. The egalitarian foundations of their societal paradigm along with their history of a social organization using the Gadaa System have enabled these noble people to maintain communal law and order over a fundamental (and now scarce) resource among both themselves and their neighbours. I would be surprised to see any other horizontal society could act so swiftly in the face of great danger due to a lack of a vital resource such as water. Imagine the civil unrest that occurs with the scarcity of fuel or energy in the West, let alone water or food.

[@lela_x]

So true

[@AMR_k400]

Go back to kenya,

[@minervasmith1459]

These are truly heroic people in this 21st century,, to live just to to get able to feed the animals and gather water, simply amazing ❤ We people of the world are spoiled and selfish, These people are the backbone of what society should be...❤❤❤ The endure hardships that we can't even imagine and yet the are at peace with their lives,,❤❤❤

[@wYd001]

Adapt or die is name of the game. We can not adapt if we continue doing things like our ancestors. Every generation needs to learn and grow and come up with new ways of doing things.

[@jeanettedias64]

Omg I feel sorry for these men who r slocking to get water out of d well, it's so risky n tiring too. God bless d work of ur hands of their hands, shower them with good health n prosperity in abundance. Proud of them. Thks for sharing

[@James-kv6kb]

Well if they didn't have so many children they wouldn't need so many resources it's very simple

[@islandgirl9479]

​@@James-kv6kb How are they supposed to get contraception to avoid pregnancy when they are poor???

[@James-kv6kb]

@@islandgirl9479 condoms cost $1

[@James-kv6kb]

@@islandgirl9479 and if they can't afford condoms just stop rooting they are human after all

[@demmetriljones7729]

Thanks for showing this video...May god bless them ....I love you jesus

[@DonaldG-qq4ol]

May an abundant life happen for the people very soon.

[@contentedlife-w3u]

Thank you for this video, I learnt a lot from it.

[@milkiyasgizawgobena1431]

Many thanks, for those whom Made this documentary and had shared it. My People: Oromoo Koo isiin Jaaladha Jabaadha

[@hassanachahboun2687]

Those who...

[@emancipatedlionm9215]

Informative, educational! We must truly learn from our mistakes of overgrazing cutting trees, not paying attention to the signs, etc etc...the earth talks, the land talks, so do the trees n wells. Thank Uah for the needed rains!

[@tamerutesso2798]

This is not solution for the people whom are suffering at this moment!

[@emancipatedlionm9215]

@@tamerutesso2798 wasn't giving solution....whats yours?

[@DudelPaul]

Learn? Lol

[@NarayanaPai-]

This documentary is so beautiful ❤️

[@lay625]

Thanks for the one who did this video. God bless all

[@Headon93]

very sad to see how animals waiting for water 🥺🥺

[@DrFareedSolangiPakistaniYusuf]

This is eye opening documentary on direst land for access the water really they have my salute how they survive

[@bereketkiflejibicho3015]

Ethiopia has eleven big cross country rivers including Abay(nile)and nine big fresh lakes but we lack water management system.

[@aboosis4690]

3000 years country ethiopia no colonise why ethiopia could not stand still now,some of the african countries which were colonised by white people still better than ethiopia

[@knowsomething-b8d]

@@aboosis4690 We would rather die of hunger then being colonized. the same way we would die of hunger than eat a donkey.

[@bereketkiflejibicho3015]

@@aboosis4690 I agree with you this needs deeper research

[@On_The_Horizon]

​@@knowsomething-b8d ethiopia doesn't have 3000 years history rather it is make up illustration, shitty country lives with ego,

[@theassassin9326]

Maybe because this part is not Ethiopia! Rather it got annexed by Menelik

[@aliabduba4628]

Proud to be Borana Allah we'll make it easy for our people.... #Nageele

[@ibbehd2598]

are u boranas closer to garre or oroma?

[@aliabduba4628]

@@ibbehd2598 we're Oromo

[@ibbehd2598]

@@aliabduba4628 but some of u claim somali dir

[@aliabduba4628]

@@ibbehd2598 they're Somali but we're Oromo Borana

[@ibbehd2598]

@@aliabduba4628 so some of u are somali but not all of u

[@xaawosoomaali1800]

I love my people borana 😭😭😭😭😭😭 All oromo

[@nasrhussain9126]

Every Vegan/Vegetarian must watch this.

[@Nikkijs915]

As someone born in the United States it’s humbling to see all the things we take for granted. All the things we have easy access to. I wish rain and blessings to these beautiful people .

[@human-zw8mk]

Usa also has water crisis in many parts

[@stefanogizzler]

A 750w solar pump system can bring up thousands of liters of water from those wells to the surface with great ease, selling two cows would help the entire community to keep the wells running.

[@mumbipeter4980]

They are in kenya too i didn’t know they're in Ethiopia as well...with their dark skin colour and beautiful facial features...beautiful people.

[@amdetsion3256]

They are orgionally from Kenya. Oromos invaded Ethiopia in the late 1500's.

[@user-op7lm4mc5u]

Thank you for sharing to the world

[@isthatreallywhathappened]

I am Macha, from Welega/Illubabor but Borana is my ancestors, these are my people

[@trafalgar22a8]

110823 ❤🧡💛 Admirable people and organisation. Best regards from Australia.

[@elizeumestre]

38:13 Natureza bela ,tempo com previsão de muita chuva . Após uns 05 dias o Campo se transforma completamente. Um dos grandes problemas desses povos é a falta de conhecimento e de instituições que poderiam ajudar mais e investir em florestamento e lagoas para armazenar agua ,o florestamento pode com o decorrer do tempo melhorar bastante a temperatura da região e chover com mais frequência

[@jonathanterecha6955]

O my beloved Oromiya my God help me to help you. Mey God bless Oromiya

[@helenkeno6967]

GOD BLESS ALL ETHIOPIAN AND ETHIOPIAN PEOPLE ONE LOVE 🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻💚💛❤️👍

[@sint5990]

We have allowed a society whose principle focus is money, not people, and certainly not by doing what’s right for its people. We are spending trillions to get Elon to Mars while people in areas like this haven’t food, nor water. These are not people trying to get the newest iPhone or the largest yacht, they only seek to survive today with little hope of any change tomorrow. This leaves no room whatsoever to debate on our focus. We are broken and do nothing to repair ourselves. It will never change until we remove from these discussions “they” and replace it with “we”. These people are us. They are our brothers, sisters, moms and dads. We make them live this way.

[@MsJonessss]

Sadly the world we live in.

[@abomoaaz7245]

You are a good person and your heart is pure, but the American government and the West think the opposite of this. They only want to make weapons and export them to Africa for fighting and conflict.

[@andytucker6783]

Music 8 minutes in was combining millennia n continents. Bravo

[@benjaminsoans7335]

What a beautiful documentary! Thank you.

[@greenleaf9274]

Imagine living there. These ppl are much more resilient than me. Imagine what they would do if they lived in a modern society?!

[@mieessaayaachis2336]

These people are very resilient and knowledgeable how to take care of the land, their livestock and each other. The problem is the selfishness and greed of politicians and so called educated who want a lavish house and luxurious life. The desertification is getting worse every year taking away the already small resources available to locals. The city people want charcoal to cook; therefore poor herders cut down trees to meet the demand while making some cash. Trees take years to mature in arid climate. Government should have come up with sustainable solutions such as solar energy to pump the water up from those wells. Livestock management should have been taught so that people didn’t keep too many cattle. This will help with overgrazing.

[@melvinangeles8846]

Sad but is true all people suffer for water like this country im happy im born in philipines god help this people every day amen

[@human-zw8mk]

Philipines has rising water levels affecting livelihood of millions

[@Amen-xm3wj]

The One Africa 🌍 Policy.. Africa for the Africans those at home and those abroad.. Free West Papua And Western Sahara.. African Solutions To African Questions.. Happy Decade Of People Of African Ascent.. Conquering Lion Of Judah.. E O T C.. Reparations is the Truth..!!!

[@Rootsman417]

I hope they can somehow stop overgrazing and realize that the bushes that are growing there could potentially help to build up the soil (humus and soil live like bacteria and fungi). This would allow the rain to penetrate the earth more easily as well as keeping the moisture in the soil longer before it evaporates. Also let the grasses grow higher so that it can build a stronger root system and become more drought resistant. Keep grazing time in any one spot short so that the grass has leaves left and can regrow faster. I know that all of that is easier said then done.

[@PAULLONDEN]

Life seems a lottery . Even when all your ideas are realised it would mean more people would prosper for a short while in an arid region, which eventual won't be able to support the increased population , which would cause tribal warfare about scarce resources. Some places on this planet can support a finite amount of people and livestock. The fact there are actually people living there under such circumstances seems already a miracle. Many of us who flush away a mere pee with three litres of perfectly good drinking water should count our blessings and not take them for granted.

[@lwscijunkie]

When they are bailing water out of the well it sounds like they are singing "water..water.."

[@eldorado1244]

Laura wrzeski....don't be stupid

[@eunicestone6532]

They are singing water! Water! Water!

[@jeanettedias64]

Wonderful documentary vedio, but very sad at d pathetic condition of these people animals n cattle. Without water it sure is difficult, water is life for survival. God bless these people n their families n children

[@veraaddoyobo8482]

Without water? So what water were we seeing 🤔

[@suresh5710]

Splendid. Thank you very much.

[@roserouge3791]

Same Family...Thanks José

[@jafferkhan1452]

It will be Great social work if someone or a company can install solar machine and system for them on the wells to exectract the water in pipes for Animals. The labor work is really tired one on daily basis. Sad to see...May God bless them with any facility soon. The slice team should help them if they can. I will be thankful to them.

[@bobbyflores5279]

Jesus is the answer my brother pray always he hear prayers godbless u...

[@Black-lioness]

🙄at war point you ppl don’t stop with your false preaching, it needs fundamental change or intervention.

[@theconfusedoromo5361]

Jesus and allah destroyed our people. When our people practiced our spiritual way, every body was a family..no shortage of water, no hunger..just pure happiness..now look majority live in misery the rest lies and deceptive

[@DRdee2018]

Thanks for this

[@a.zulfiqar9295]

and in Africa if you go there to help them, they think you are fool and everybody will try to take advantages of your kindness and they will never stop to betray you for anything , but still I do love to help

[@samuelbonsu5863]

Ethiopians woman 🇪🇹 has become my dream Since I was 18 till now. Their's something unique about them including their natural beauty.........still wish myself.

[@soniarosado2848]

❤so I live in America 🇺🇸 but we pay for water 💧 or so people get free water 😮but to see that in this world 🌍 people are still waiting for water we don’t understand that but I see ur country still growing amen 🙏 to u all 2024 ❤❤

[@lloydmcanuff4837]

More almighty God 🙏🔥 overall good hopefully mercy shall be ever faithful may the grace of god help be strong

[@shelbyorphanage9199]

Prayers,Ethiopiaaneeds survival water tools in case and ice from antartica for water wells and man made lakes.

[@mucheabere1437]

Thank you SLICE. Government had tried to deniesthe drought at the first time , now strugle from the people made it to accept.No rain since 5 years. Look at it EGYPT. Still you strugle us not to use Nile river to drink.

[@tlemlem]

This is the most amazing documentary I ever seen for a while! I’m heartbroken when I see my people struggling with basic needs!😭💔🖤 Our prime minister is living in a glass wall he can’t even hearing what is happening in Boran, Ethiopia! Wow ! Shame on you! what a shame as a leader of a country and as a citizen we can do better to change our most vulnerable people of Boran! Why he is investing money on his office and parks in Addis Abeba..!? What comes first..!? I don’t understand African so called “Leaders!” Get out off capital city and look for citizens who deserve basic needs! I’m so sorry to see what they are suffering through on day to day life.😭😭😭💔💔💔🖤🖤🖤 why this is so difficult to get basic needs like water..!? What is happening in this world..!? Anyway I’m so emotional to witness this! I know it has been for so long but I just see it today and my heart is aching! Come on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed you can do better!!😭🙌🏽💔🖤🙏🏽 water ..!? Even the innocent children and animals..!! Why why…!? Any way, God is great they got rain for now! What about after 2/3 years later..!? You went the circle to keep going on..!? Come now..!?

[@ME-bl3xg]

God look after these animals they are skin and bone and work hard!

[@derrickdubois7307]

I Noticed a person chopping and cutting brush was that a boma they were creating if so why exactly is it just protection or does it serve another purpose?

[@myoldvhstapes]

Near the end as the rain was about to start? Looks like he was making a little brush fence to reduce the soil washing away.

[@cristjoyapiag2552]

No more trees this is why no rainfall.

[@chelseyfrancismccarthy4214]

Haarp geoengineering with ill intentions?!@#

[@Outofthisworldxx]

In this country a drop of rain Is treasure

[@ionaedwards6703]

What's amazes me it's the animals that obeys and stay in oder

[@Hippobottomless]

Slice please go to Ogaden region in south eastern Ethiopia it’s also facing drought and have the same culture as the Oromo

[@banglarkotha2474]

So nice🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@230919600]

God love them very hard life, women work very hard

[@linhslife]

Chúng ta luôn được chia sẻ mọi điều tốt đẹp lời chào từ Việt Nam em

[@wossentadesse8639]

This video is old, at least by 15 years . Why are you releasing it again?; The Borena region is affected by drought gain; is that why? Please update your documentary .

[@shobhamohan5614]

Chilling, we waste water every day like granted, lesson to learn

[@chicagogyrl4846]

I wonder what the men who are working the buckets get in return??

[@Dskywalker-j7k]

I see people repeatedly mentioning pumps... beyond the issue related to having acces to petrol, parts, maintenance, having extensively worked in Borana to respond to the drought with an NGO, I often also personally considers the risk that could come with extensive exploitation of these very unstable wells. A pump could overexploit the wells and it would also translate in many more groups coming to the wells competing for the overexploited and overcrowded wells. A more stable solution might be that of building reservoir dams and diverting nearby rivers.

[@ianlaker6980]

I have full sympathy for these tribes Unfortunately it is not the same for most of Africa. A friend of mine was part of the water aid charities he became disillusioned when all the pumping equipment was stripped out and sold on the black market for alcohol. Sometimes you can't help some people sad but true

[@habtamuhailu7508]

The documentary is from around 2008. Recently a severe drought hit the Borena people which leads to the death of livestock and humans while the Oromo politicians, the ethnic group the Borena belongs to, are busy of cleansing and displacing Amhara people who live in the Oromia region.

[@theconfusedoromo5361]

Corruption, lies, deception all comes from so called " Amharas" militias when they arrived Oromo land. You thought them these dogs.

[@strgazerlilly]

Could they possibly widen the holes slightly to get a straight line and install a screw shape device that they can turn on the water troth level and bring water up to the surface that way? They would be able to get more water to the surface with less danger to the men and by completing the watering faster they will be able to stop a good amount of frustration with the herders

[@Hhenryarero]

Communities in Northern Kenya

[@adanechemekonene7694]

Very sad I hope God will help this poor people

[@veraaddoyobo8482]

They not poor ,at least they own their land and their life stock and are not in debt to anyone

[@roblemohamed9681]

Less than a 100 kms north of where the documentary is made sits Lakes Abbay and Shelu. 200 kms west Ommo river and Gibe dams empty on Lake Rudolf/Kenya.

[@coffeerelax3455]

The Government is accountable!😢😢

[@jebransekandari9789]

May Allah helps the brother ans sister

[@werqzeleke2815]

Lol Allah doesn't have any power to send down rain instead they should start a new way of life

[@afromapouka]

Almighty YaHWeH, send plentiful Rain to Beauty The Mountains and The Plains that The People Herds become Plentiful again.The Cattle on a Thousand Hills was Once Beautiful to See, Lord Have His Mercies.

[@YesVibez]

If I had 1 billion dollars, I would only take 1 million for myself and donate the rest to buy food for poor people around the world.

[@RazaAli-l3h]

That why you and me are poor by all means…

[@ritobertes4656]

Diri sa amo daghan kaayo tubig pero walay kanding.

[@arunodikadamunupola1185]

May this people be bleesed get enough water for them and animals.