• Settlements around Mopti, Mali.

  • Women plant and maintain small vegetable gardens, in Almoustrat village, Borem District, Mali.

  • Macatour poses for a picture in Almoustrat village, Borem District, Mali.

  • A man pushes a barrel of water home in Almoustrat village, Borem District, Mali.

  • A group of young boys pose in front of a mud wall in Almoustrat village, Borem District, Mali.

  • A farmer uses a leather bag and a donkey to draw water from a well in Frenta village, Borem District, Mali.

  • Zanedire, a local food for work manager overlooks a pastoral regeneration scheme Agamhor village, Borem District, Mali.

  • A wall built to protect farmland from encroaching Sahara sands in Almoustrat village, Borem District, Mali.

  • Malike, 11, Moma, 6 and Leila, 5 play with the photographer in Kassambere village, Borem District, Mali.

The Desert Spreads

On assignment for Oxfam in 2006, D J Clark travelled out to west Mali to investigate affects of a growing Sahara desert on local communities.

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