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Abobo
Abobo is a rural community in Ethiopia composed of 16 municipalities and numerous tribes found particularly in the Gambela region. If Gambela is one of the poorest areas of the country, Abobo takes the cake since it's very rural and the poverty is even greater than in the city. As we passed through this area we visited the hospital in Abobo and saw hundreds of people there as it is the only one in this part of Ethiopia. There are many people who have to travel from far away to be diagnosed or see a doctor and have to make inhumane trips of several days of walking since they don't have transportation.
Many of the patients are accompanied by their families so the Abobo hospital has created a building within the compound which is used by the families of the sick. We stayed there when we went and it wasn't bad. It had the necessary infrastructure, toilets, bathrooms, etc., but the insides were completely empty - there were no beds or furniture. They had just built it though so maybe that is the reason why. It was a really great idea to create a building for the family though because otherwise, they had to wait in the streets while their loved one was being healed.
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