Occupied during the brutal civil war, the forest refuge of Kaningo provided shelter and security from the rebel forces in the provinces. Increasing demand for more permanent housing and cheap fuel has led to the denuding of the forest line, in turn, increasing rainfall and destabilising the terrain. Road access is notoriously difficult and many locals instead favour using footpaths along the steep rocky ridges. One such local, Aminata is a member of the Marimbo Women’s group, an SHG set up by NGO CESO, to assist in the empowerment of women in the community. They meet monthly at Hamburger Hill (1) to fund enterprises by their members. She has a stall at Kaningo High Street (A) where she operates as a petty trader, mostly selling fish she procures from either the local (B) or central market (5). The journey to market is hard to access by road and expensive to go by ocada (bike) so Aminata instead walks across Friendship Bridge (2) up the 45º steep slope of Bush Walk (3) across several hills until she reaches the cotton tree in town (4). The return journey takes 4hrs, where she sells her fish at a modest mark up.