controlled areas who are without food, medicine, safe drinking water. No petrol (gasoline) in the city, and as a result you see people trekking from one point to another in search of their relatives, friends, food, and their children.
The presence of Ecomil in Liberia has brought high spirits to the children and also to the combatants. The belligerent forces, both Government and rebel forces met two days ago and embraced each other in high spirits on the bridge linking central Monrovia to Bushrod Island. In this high mood, the combatants were able to identify relatives and friends on both sides. As a result, they started sharing tears, exchanging clothing, food and cigarettes as the sign of a cease fire and ending the war.
350,000 women and children have been declared as war weary, destitute and depressed war victims. According to a health report, there are about 10,000 injured
persons in Liberia as the result of this latest war. There is an outbreak of cholera, diarrhea, malaria and other diseases in the various camps/compounds where
thousands of people are seeking refuge. The root causes of the diseases are the lack of safe drinking water, limited supply of pit latrines and an acute shortage of food, medicine and nutritional diets. There is pandemic increase of mosquito according to health and world news, and an estimated 2000 people have died from this in
the recent war.."