Liberia Nov 1-8, 1997. The entire country has been destroyed by seven years of civil war.
Most buildings lack roofs, others are in ruins, and there is no water or electricity.
Worse, there are few signs of reconstruction. The people are anxious to rebuild but they lack the basic resources to get started. My major objective was to assess the needs of the University, and its library system in particular. Despite all the fighting and looting the University has somehow managed to stay open, and it presently has about 6,000 students. But it lacks classroom space, chairs, books, everything.