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June 2022:  27-year-old Patience’s hope is not quenched by the reality of hercurrent economic circumstances.  Patience lives in Monrovia where one third ofLiberia’s 4.5 million…

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KOU: E434-LIA

Jul 15 2022

June 2022:  Sixty-year-old Kou is a widow caring for some of her grandchildren. With the death of her husband, Kou is left with no alternative but…

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KOO: E420-LIA

Jul 15 2022

June 2022:  Thirty-year-old Koo is a widow raising five children.  Her husband’stragic death occurred through a fall from a palm tree.  Palm trees grow at…

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MAMIE: E421-LIA

Jul 15 2022

June 2022:  A Liberian proverb says “When somebody is scratching your back,put your own hand there too.”  Girl Power is humbled to “back scratch” womenwho…

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KOU: E422-LIA

Jul 15 2022

June 2022:  58-year-old Yei grew up in generational poverty but she does notallow poverty to diminish her personal qualities of resourcefulness, confidence andhope. Yei is…

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June 2022:  Under the cloud of being disowned by her parents amid rumors about her health, 25-year-old Roseline is determined to provide for her livelihood…

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HELENA: E425-LIA

Jul 15 2022

JUNE 2022: The extended family tradition in Liberia provides families with a culturallyobligated and oftentimes, welcomed, resource to help out in times of trouble.Twenty-seven-year-old Helena…

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TONGOR: E426-LIA

Jul 15 2022

JUNE 2022:  Tongor is a sixty-year-old woman living with her husband and three of her six children (ages 17 to 14).  Tongor and her husband…

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JUNE 2022:  Victoria’s husband abandoned her and their two children for anotherwoman. The pervasive tolerance of common law marriage puts women likeVictoria at risk.  Liberian…

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