As the cost of living continues to rise across Monrovia and beyond, growing numbers of vulnerable Liberians say they are being pushed into begging just to survive. The story highlights the struggles of families facing unemployment, soaring food and transport costs, and limited access to healthcare, while aid organizations and community groups report increasing requests…
Fatu Kamara
Hungry and Out of Options, More Poor Liberians Turn to Begging as Prices Outrun Income
By Fatu Kamara with New Narratives Summary BROAD STREET, Monrovia – It has been a long day for Joseph. The sun is beginning to set, and the 48-year-old father of three has been trawling the streets of Monrovia since morning, asking for money. On most days, he begs for money to feed his family. Today, he…
Emergency Childbirth Fees Push Poor Families To Fundraise During Labor, Leading to Deaths
For most families, the birth of a child is a moment of joy and anticipation. But when complications arise, that joy can quickly turn into tragedy.Across Liberia, patients and health workers say the inability to pay emergency care costs are leading to death and injury for mothers and babies.As Fatu Kamara reports in this collaboration…
Emergency Childbirth Fees Push Poor Families to Fundraise During Labor, Leading to Death and Injury
In Liberia, many women in labor face life-threatening delays because hospitals demand upfront payments for emergency procedures. Families are often forced to leave the hospital mid-delivery to raise funds, a desperate situation that has led to mothers dying or suffering severe complications while waiting for care. The practice underscores the devastating impact of poverty and…
Emergency Childbirth Fees Push Poor Families to Fundraise During Labor, Leading to Death and Injury
By Fatu Kamara with New Narratives Summary: KAKATA, Margibi County — By the time Kolubah Kollie scraped together the last of the money, his daughter was already gravely ill. Zoe Kollie, 29, had been in labor for eighteen hours, some of it endured as she traveled over unpaved roads, when her family finally got her…
Govt Releases Data on Eyeglasses Distribution After News Report Highlights Lack of Transparency
In October, during World Sight Day celebrations, Liberia’s Health Ministry announced an ambitious promise: to screen one thousand students and distribute twelve thousand donated reading glasses nationwide.Six months later, the ministry says about one fourth of those glasses have been distributed but it still has not given details on who received them. That’s leading vision…
Three Month’s On From Government’s World Sight Day Pledge to Screen 1,000 Students and Distribute 12,000 Glasses, Few Details Are Available
By Fatu Kamara with New Narratives Summary In October, as part of World Sight Day celebrations, Liberia’s National Eye Health Program made an exciting announcement: an ambitious program by the unit housed in the Ministry of Health promised to deliver badly needed help to Liberian students struggling with poor vision. The program was to screen…
Cost and Lack of Awareness Leave Millions With Poor Vision Limiting Children’s Education and Endangering Lives
Millions of Liberians are living with untreated vision problems due to the high cost of eye care and a lack of awareness about eye health, leaving many people unable to access glasses or proper treatment. The situation is affecting children in school who struggle to see the blackboard and keep up with lessons, while also…
Cost and Lack of Awareness Leave Millions With Poor Vision Limiting Children’s Education and Endangering Lives
Millions of Liberians suffer from poor vision that limits children’s education and endangers lives, as high costs and lack of awareness leave eye care out of reach for many. Fatu Kamara reports in this social media Video. To read more about this story click this link: https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/liberia-cost-and-lack-of-awareness-leave-millions-with-poor-vision-limiting-childrens-education-and-endangering-lives/ This report is a collaboration with New Narratives…
Cost and Lack of Awareness Leave Millions With Poor Vision Limiting Children’s Education and Endangering Lives
Summary: By Fatu Kamara with New Narratives When Dominic Gbordoe completed high school this year, his biggest challenge wasn’t exams. It was simply seeing the blackboard. The 23-year-old found his vision starting to become blurry several years ago. By 2023 it was having a big impact on his schooling. “When I sit in the back,…
No Christmas Cheer For Growing Number of Liberians in Poverty
By Fatu Kamara with New Narratives TODEE DISTRICT, Montserrado County – For Christian Liberians Christmas is normally a period of smiles, joy and exchange of gifts with friends and loved ones. But as more Liberians fall below the poverty line, for many, that is not their experience this year. This year’s Christmas has brought more…
Experts Say Helmet Regulation Has Helped Reduce Death and Injury Among Motorcyclists, But More Enforcement Needed
By Fatu Kamara with New Narratives SINKOR, Monrovia – Amos Kollie sits sadly in front of his house here on a recent sunny morning. Amos once spent his days plying the city’s streets on his motorcycle. But since a serious accident in 2022 the 29-year-old has no job prospects and depends on handouts from his parents…
Blind Women Defy Disabilities to Become Entrepreneurs
Blindness is one of the many tragedies that Liberians suffer at higher rates than people in other countries because of limited medical care. As many 22,000 Liberians suffer from impaired vision….
At 78, Boakai Claims Age Makes Him the Best President. Critics Say He’s Too Old and Alliance with Johnson Will Hurt Liberia
With just weeks to the presidential election, pundits say Joseph Boakai, standard-bearer of the Unity Party (UP), presents a serious threat to George Weah, the incumbent president. …
Government Says It Has Cut Poverty but the World Bank Says It’s Rising.
When he took office in 2018 President George Weah promised his government would lift one million Liberians out of poverty by the end of his six year term. Half Liberia’s five million people live below in the poverty line. In January the Weah government declared a victory that surprised many people: it claimed to have…