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Kelebe Adamu with her blue head scarf (C) is checking out good deals at the local market where charcoal is sold by locals from the countryside in the leper slum in Northern Addis Ababa July 21 2007 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Charcoal is in the slum the only way to heat up during the winter months of July and August.

Kelebe Adamu (R) is helping to feed a young daughter (C) of one of the women working at the workshop in the lepers slum of Northern Addis Ababa, July 11 2007 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Young kids, too young to watch after themselves stay with their parents inside the workshop.

An old leper man is sitting on a side of the road in the leper's slum in Northern Addis Ababa showing his faith in Jesus July 10 2007 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Locals are devout Christians, showing their faith in their everyday lives; it also allows them believe in a future cure.