Louise B. Cesar told many stories reflecting her ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit that helped her survive the war and provide for her children.

"Every Liberian, we expect war any time, but we live on. We believe strongly that nothing will happen."

Like many young men his age, Momo Jallah was forcibly recruited into a fighting force.

 "So, the bad person be in the place. You, you can't take violence with him. You just take easy with him before you get him, for true he will come like that."

In Monrovia, Liberia, a unique form of journalism exists where the news is written out daily on a chalkboard for everyone to read as they pass by on the busy main street.