Most of Diameguene's families come from rural villages and agricultural pasts, which they left behind during the years that drought devastated their land. While rains have returned, the people have not. "What the system should be looking at today is, these stranded people living in the city, contributing to urbanization, it should be finding strategies that would encourage these people to go back to the rural world, where they can easily sustain themselves by farming," says Mariam Sow, coordinator of ENDA's rural and agricultural development wing and resident of Diameguene. Photo by Matt Durning.
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