We all know waste management is a crisis in Monrovia and Paynesville where mounds of trash line streets and block drainage causing major headaches. But it’s also a problem across rural Liberia where there is very little or no waste collection at all.

People are forced to burn their trash adding to air pollution and health problems, with no end in sight.

In this collaboration with New Narratives Gloria Wreh has been visiting Boys Town community, in Schieffelin Township, Margibi County to find out more. Funding for this story was provided by the Swedish Embassy in Liberia. The funder had no say in the story’s content.

This story was a collaboration with New Narratives as part of the Investigating Liberia program. Funding was provided by the Swedish Embassy in Liberia. The funder had no say in the story’s content.