All they've ever known before now is war. Reynolds spent 15 days in Liberia in March helping teach Liberians the basics of home economics at a Methodist school. I knew there was a need. She was shocked by what she saw in the west African nation. Liberia's bloody civil war ended in 1996 but it left that nation in perilous shape.
Many people die in Liberia because they can t afford to go to the hospital.
They have no hope in Liberia. About 80 percent of its residents live in poverty. 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.