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- Burkina Faso
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- Mohammad's New Business
- Protecting a Child's Future
- Restoring Sight in Bangladesh
- Top of the Class
- Africa without river blindness
- Hakim's Story
- Reaching more children
- Abdoulie's Story
- Talking to Angeline Akai
- Mama's Independance
- Lasoi's Story
- Saving Sight
- Kaduna State
- Caught in Time
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Liberia
Around 250,000 people were killed in Liberia's long civil war and many thousands more fled the fighting.
The conflict left the country in economic ruin and overrun with weapons. Corruption is rife and unemployment and illiteracy are widespread.
Sightsavers in Liberia
During the war Sightsavers' partners were forced to stop distributing Mectizan®, the drug that prevents river blindness, for up to two years in some areas.
In October 2004 the UN Mission completed its disarmament programme in Liberia and the country was declared 'secure'. Our partners were able to resume work, primarily in internally displaced people's camps around Montserrado County.
