Update - El Niño Induced Drought Emergency Response: April 2016

The Lasta-Lalibela region is a world-renowned site for its beautiful and timeless rock-hewn churches imbued with spirituality. With the passage of the El Niño phenomenon leaving a trail of devastating impact on the inhabitants’ livelihoods, the prayers, lately, have taken on a distinct note of lamentation. Lamentation for rain. The occasional low-hanging clouds pregnant with rain tease the inhabitants only to dissipate and rain instead in Dilb, in Sanka and other villages some 80-100 kilometers away.....