12 photos from Liberia

By Albin Hillert, Life on Earth Pictures

2 November 2019, Ganta, Liberia: 27-year-old John Kwekeh is receiving treatment at Ganta Hospital for a dislocated shoulder. He was brushing grass near his home when he injured his arm. Located in Nimba county, the Ganta United Methodist Hospital serves tens of thousands of patients each year. It is a founding member of the Christian Health Association of Liberia.

A fortnight of work can leave so many impressions, and so in sharing the highlights I don’t always know where to start. 

This was the case as I was heading home from a recent assignment in Liberia.

I had seen the love and tender care of a mother for her two-day-old child.

I had seen a young boy receive emergency care at a Liberian hospital, and met a woman holding her husband in her arms sitting with him on his hospital bed.

I had attended worship as the congregation mourned the loss of lives amid political turmoil.

I had seen an eighty-year-old woman dance her heart out as she celebrated her birthday with her congregation.

I had had my temperature checked as a precaution against the spread of Ebola.

And I had tried to capture some of it on camera.

2 November 2019, Ganta, Liberia: A young boy receives emergency treatment at the Ganta Hospital. Located in Nimba county, the Ganta United Methodist Hospital serves tens of thousands of patients each year. It is a founding member of the Christian Health Association of Liberia.
2 November 2019, Ganta, Liberia: A child born in the seventh month of pregnancy receives support at Phebe Hospital. Located in Bong county, Phebe Hospital serves tens of thousands of patients each year. It is a government referral hospital for which the Lutheran Church in Liberia provides managerial resources.
2 November 2019, Ganta, Liberia: Assistant supervisor Jefferson Zigbuo checks the hematocrit level in a blood sample in the Ganta Hospital lab. Located in Nimba county, the Ganta United Methodist Hospital serves tens of thousands of patients each year. It is a founding member of the Christian Health Association of Liberia.
4 November 2019, Vriginia, Liberia: A group of students at Ricks Institute play football in the schoolyard. The Liberia Baptist Convention runs Ricks Institute, a day and boarding school for currently 496 students from kindergarten up through 12th grade.
3 November 2019, Monrovia, Liberia: A child looks up during Sunday service at Saint Andrew Lutheran Parish in Monrovia. Part of the Lutheran Church in Liberia, the parish gathers some 220 members for prayer each week.
3 November 2019, Monrovia, Liberia: Bread and wine is distributed during Holy Communion as part of Sunday service at Saint Andrew Lutheran Parish in Monrovia. Part of the Lutheran Church in Liberia, the parish gathers some 220 members for prayer each week.
4 November 2019, Montserrado, Liberia: Students pass through the corridor during recess. Started as a school for internally displaced children during the First Liberian Civil War, Mother Tegeste Stewart Apostolic Pentecostal Mission School in Montserrado county currently teaches 486 students from kindergarten up through 12th grade.
2 November 2019, Ganta, Liberia: Ganta Hospital nurse Loretta Nyawonse tends to a young female patient recovering from surgery. After being bitten by her brother, the patient suffered an abdominal rupture necessitating surgery. Located in Nimba county, the Ganta United Methodist Hospital serves tens of thousands of patients each year. It is a founding member of the Christian Health Association of Liberia.
2 November 2019, Ganta, Liberia: 38-year-old Rachel Zackpah tends to her two-day-old child in the ward at Ganta Hospital. Located in Nimba county, the Ganta United Methodist Hospital serves tens of thousands of patients each year. It is a founding member of the Christian Health Association of Liberia.
2 November 2019, Ganta, Liberia: Thomas Freeman, a diabetic patient at Ganta Hospital, rests in the arms of his caretaker Maibee Freeman. Located in Nimba county, the Ganta United Methodist Hospital serves tens of thousands of patients each year. It is a founding member of the Christian Health Association of Liberia.
2 November 2019, Ganta, Liberia: A male patient at the Ganta United Methodist Hospital prepares a meal. The hospital provides kitchen facilities for patients who wish to cook for themselves during their stay. Located in Nimba county, the Ganta United Methodist Hospital serves tens of thousands of patients each year. It is a founding member of the Christian Health Association of Liberia.

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