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Hope after horror in war torn Liberia - 8/1/04

Fourteen years of war in the West African state of Liberia came to an end last August, when warring parties signed a momentous peace deal.

However the UN recently reported that many parts of Liberia are still too dangerous for the hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced people to return to their homes, particularly to areas outside of the capital Monrovia.

Following a recent visit to Liberia, Tearfund photographer Jim Loring and writer Jo Hill report on life in a camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of the capital Monrovia, in two online photo journals.

White transit tents are makeshift homes for hundreds of new arrivals at the Perry Town camp, home to between 6,000 and 10,000 people displaced by the fighting. Masking tape marks each family's allotted floor space. Click on the links below to read more about life in the camp.

Tearfund's local partner in Liberia, the Association of Evangelicals of Liberia (AEL), is constructing wells, latrines and carrying out health education in the camp.

Click here to see BBC News Online's photo journal of Yassah David, a health worker for Tearfund partner AEL.

 

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