Most find it difficult to feed themselves. Adequate health care is hard to find, and many children are too poor to go to school. Farming is largely handled by women because so many men died in the war. Even animals are scarce. Even basic services most Americans take for granted simply don't exist in a nation struggling to rebound from years of war.
Garbage is piled up and getting a letter delivered is next to impossible.
We have so much wealth here that we don't realize how others live. They have no hope in Liberia. Because Liberia was founded by former American slaves, most of them from the South, Reynolds said much of the nation's dress, customs, food and speech reflect a Southern heritage. And they feel those ties as well. They feel like we neglected them during the war.