Hailemariam, a domestic worker who lost her job because of the coronavirus, hangs clothes after washing them outside her small tent in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo: AP/Mulugeta Ayene
As a domestic worker, Amsale Hailemariam knew from the inside out the luxury villas that had grown up around her simple shelter of raw metal and plastic sheeting. And in them, she saw how her country, Ethiopia, had transformed.
The single mother told herself,"Oh God, a day will come when my life will be changed, too.”
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Faded dreams when virus arrives
Mother-of-two Hailemariam says: 'We are living in a state where we are above the dead and below the living. This is not life.' Photo: AP/Mulugeta Ayene
Hailemariam, a domestic worker who lost her job because of the coronavirus, hangs clothes after washing them outside her small tent in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo: AP/Mulugeta Ayene
Hailemariam prepares food for her family in her small tent. Photo: AP/Mulugeta Ayene
Hailemariam (left) hangs washing on the line with her daughter, Bethlehem Jafar, outside their tent. Photo: AP/Mulugeta Ayene
Hailemariam washes her family's clothes outside her small tent. Photo: AP/Mulugeta Ayene
Hailemariam in her tent. Her better-off neighbours who once welcomed her into their homes as a domestic worker, now turn her away, avoiding contact for fear of the virus. Photo: AP/Mulugeta Ayene
Hailemariam prepares food for her family in her small tent. Photo: AP/Mulugeta Ayene
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