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Stories from Lofa County

We report what people tell us, we say plainly what happened afterwards, and we do not close a file just because the photographs have been taken.

04 stories

Livelihoods
01

Fifty Years of Selling Water

A mother of the household has carried cold water through Voinjama for most of her life. One morning, someone carried something back to her.

Disability
02

The Booth He Built Himself

An educated street vendor with a disability was watching his only shopfront fall apart. He asked for repairs, not sympathy.

Disability
03

A Family That Listens Together

Three generations in one household, all living with visual impairment. Our team sat down to hear how they get through a day.

Health
04

Eighteen, and Three Babies

She gave birth to triplets in Voinjama, alone and unable to pay for the medication she and her newborns needed.

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Rice, bedsheets, baby food, a repaired shopfront. Each one arrived because somebody read a story and asked what was needed.

Several of those people asked to remain anonymous. We do not collect payments on this website — get in touch and we will tell you exactly what is needed, who receives it, and what it changed.