Liberia is facing a quiet but devastating hunger crisis, and women and children are suffering the most. In communities like West Point, mothers often survive on just one meal a day so their children can eat, while many families scrape by through informal work that barely covers a few cups of rice. Liberia ranks 112th of 123 countries on the 2025 Global Hunger Index, with one in three people undernourished and rising cases of severe malnutrition among children. Poverty, climate pressures, teenage pregnancy, and absent fathers deepen the struggle, leaving women to shoulder the burden as feeding centers and charities try to fill the gaps.

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