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Concern's objectives, activities and achievements in 2023 can be found in our new annual report.
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Liberia
Why Liberia? Fourteen years of civil war in Liberia ended in 2003, leaving infrastructure destroyed and the economy shattered. Over 20 years later, more than half of all Liberians still live below the poverty line. Since 1996, Concern has worked in Liberia across health and nutrition, livelihoods, gender equality, education, and emergency response.
A fragile progress towards eradicating poverty
In the two decades following the civil war, millions of Liberians have made tremendous strides in ending poverty. However, there is a stark difference between urban and rural Liberians. A 2023 report from the World Bank reports that roughly 30% of residents in cities like Monrovia are living in poverty, but that number goes up to 80% in rural areas. This disparity is largely due to agricultural losses (driven in part by climate change), which is the predominant livelihood for low-income Liberians.
Liberia consistently ranks among the world’s hungriest countries in the Global Hunger Index, with 47% of Liberians experiencing food insecurity.
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Latest achievements
Nutrition
We ensured that more than 40,000 children aged 6-23 months received multiple micronutrients. We also reached a further 12,000 adolescent girls and more than 27,000 pregnant women with iron and folic acid supplements.
Healthcare
Food security & livelihoods
Concern Liberia team members Etmaralyn, Macee, WQueta, Antoinette, Susan, and Pandora at Concern's programme office in Buchanan. Photo: Kieran McConville/Concern Worldwide
Preparing the ground for planting tree saplings at an agroforestry project in Grand Bassa, Liberia being supported by Concern under the Irish Aid funded LIFE programme. Photo: Kieran McConville/Concern Worldwide
Mohamed Barnes, Concern Field Assistant on IFaNSI programme, holds a watermelon on a farm near Buchanan. Photo: Kieran McConville/Concern Worldwide
Favor B Tarr, with three of her children, Shem, Princess, and Jessica, at their home in Kaytor Town, Grand Bassa, Liberia. Photo: Kieran McConville/Concern Worldwide
Rebecca Sarwah supervises the use of the community water point in Kaytor Town, Grand Bassa, Liberia. Photo: Kieran McConville/Concern Worldwide
How we’re helping Liberia
We work with the poorest people to fight chronic poverty and establish sustainable resilience in our program communities using local approaches. Our thematic areas are gender equity, health, livelihood and education.
Health & nutrition
Agriculture & livelihoods
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)
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