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Liberia
Liberia is trying to recover from more than two decades of civil war. More than 200,000 people were killed in the conflict and around a third of the population was forced from their homes.
In 2003, a transitional, power-sharing government was sworn in and elections are due to take place in October 2005. But the conflict has left the country in economic ruin and with more than 40,000 fighters, including 15,000 children, needing to be disarmed and reintegrated into society.
ActionAid in Liberia
ActionAid started working in Liberia during the April war of 1996. After the offices were looted, our staff were forced to flee, returning in 1997. In 2002, we have had to concentrate around urban and suburban areas as rural areas were no longer safe.
We began working with a food security project, to restore people’s livelihoods after the war. We distributed seed and tools, worked on the development of farm families, and helped women to find ways of making an income.
We now work in the following fields: gender; HIV; governance at all levels; youth and education; and emergencies.
Our youth social and economic reintegration programme enables former child soldiers to gain basic skills and tools they can use to make a living: basic skills in carpentry, masonry, agriculture, vegetable production or animal husbandry.
ActionAid Liberia is working to help people recover from the war. Key focuses are gender; HIV; governance at all levels; youth and education; emergencies and rehabilitation of child soldiers.
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Fact file
Life expectancy in Liberia is 41 years.
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