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Liberia: From the Streets to the Stadium

September 21, 2007 | Pulitzer Center
By
Andre Lambertson, for the Pulitzer Center, Liberia

Image by Andre Lambertson. Liberia, 2007.

Image by Andre Lambertson. Liberia, 2007.

On Saturdays, a group of 21 amputees beg together. Image by Andre Lambertson. Liberia, 2007.

The youth pool their money so they can eat together at night. Image by Andre Lambertson. Liberia, 2007.

Image by Andre Lambertson. Liberia, 2007.

The team gets together for a group huddle. Image by Andre Lambertson. Liberia, 2007.

The government knocked down David's first house because they said it was built on government land. David rebuilt his house in the same location and is now waiting for the Department of Public Works to come knock it down again. Image by Andre Lambertson. Liberia, 2007.

Pulitzer Center grantee Andre Lambertson and Ruthie Ackerman, for their project "Scars and Stripes: Liberian Youth after The War," travel from Park Hill community in Staten Island to the slums of Monrovia, Liberia's capital. They examine the process of reintegrating and rehabilitating Liberian youth after the war, on both sides of the ocean.