Olivia Arthur | Making Ground Esther Ariao washes beans for a meal. Baby Martha was born in late 2008. “It was a good birth. After resting for an hour I bathed Martha, my husband fetched the water and I had to get strength to b (...)
Olivia Arthur | Making Ground During and after the fighting in 2003 there was an influx of people from the small villages around Amuria who moved into the town for safety. Many of these people stayed after the situation calmed (...)
Olivia Arthur | Making Ground Benjamin Enngu and Kosei Ogarli play at being sci-fi characters. Amuria, Uganda. 2009. © Olivia Arthur | Magnum Photos
Olivia Arthur | Making Ground Washing up after the breakfast rush in the central café. Amuria, Uganda. 2009. © Olivia Arthur | Magnum Photos
Olivia Arthur | Making Ground Stella Numa, 30, is a seamstress and runs one of the many businesses that have popped up along the main high street in Amuria. “I have had this business for two and a half years. I’m from Katakwi, (...)
Olivia Arthur | Making Ground Many people have mobile phones in Amuria, but as there is no electricity these mobile phone charging booths are the only places to charge up and buy credit. Emmanuel Opolot, seven, mans his booth. (...)
Olivia Arthur | Making Ground In Amuria, WaterAid has helped the community to build this water tower. Water is pumped to the tower and then gravity does the rest of the work – allowing water to flow to the surrounding taps. It’ (...)
Olivia Arthur | Making Ground Mid-morning tea in Amuria’s central café. Due to the increased population; cafés, bars and eating houses have been thriving. This café is the most popular in town due to their excellent bean stew a (...)
Olivia Arthur | Making Ground Early morning in Amuria, with everyone heading to school or work. Amuria, Uganda. 2009. © Olivia Arthur | Magnum Photos
Olivia Arthur | Making Ground Farida Acam bathes her baby at the end of the day. Amuria, Uganda. 2008. © Olivia Arthur | Magnum Photos
Olivia Arthur | Making Ground John Ezekial Mahaue building his latrine. “We’re building a latrine. Before, in the rainy season, we used to wait until the rains stopped so we didn’t get wet. We put bags up as doors to try and cr (...)
Olivia Arthur | Making Ground An abattoir worker fetches water from a dirty stream to clean the meat. This was the only water source, making it impossible to keep conditions sanitary. Now that Amuria has running water, a new ab (...)
Olivia Arthur | Making Ground John Olabora, 14, milks his cow; “I take my cow down to the swamp to get water. I’m taking the milk home for the entire family.” Amuria, Uganda. 2009. © Olivia Arthur | Magnum Photos
Olivia Arthur | Making Ground The tap is turned on for the first time in Chingongwe as part of the water project funded by WaterAid and Simavi. Gracie Masuguzi collects the very first bucket. Chigongwe, Tanzania. 2008. © Olivia Arthur | Magnum Photos
Olivia Arthur | Making Ground “This district has problems finding and keeping teachers. Some come and see that there is no water and electricity, they come for one day and leave. Some children don’t come to school because they (...)
Olivia Arthur | Making Ground Mwajuma Yona with daughter Miriam and friend Jennifer Jackson at home. Chigongwe, Tanzania. 2009. © Olivia Arthur | Magnum Photos
Olivia Arthur | Making Ground “I lost my leg to a lion in 1956. I was grazing my sheep and cattle on the hill when a lion came and took one of my sheep. I tried to scare him away but it didn’t work. The next day he came back to (...)
