A resident of conflict-hit Tigray gives a rare insight into life there after 17 months of war.
A truce declared last week by Ethiopia to allow the delivery of aid to the northern Tigray region has offered some hope that the 17-month civil war there could be coming to an end.
We have been told to plant vegetables in our compound and we are working on it. The problem though is that we have to get hold of water. As a result, people have started selling off their assets such as cars, furniture and jewellery to buy food. And they are forced to sell at a huge discount. I make the 2km journey to drop him off on foot most mornings. My wife then picks him up, again on foot, at lunchtime.
The people here want the conflict to be resolved peacefully and were very happy when news came through of the cessation of hostilities last week.