: Water Pumps on the Omo River

People from Duss move to Kundama Village if a water pump is working so they can irrigate a small plot of land.  The truth is, however, pumps do not work well in this environment.  Often there is not enough fuel to run a pump. And if a pump fails or breaks, they must send word to Dimeca officials, which means it may take nearly a month to be repaired. After that amount of time, their crops have dried up and are dead.

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