Liberia
![Children served in the Liberian militias [Hillary Norris]](/var/storage/images/where_we_work/africa/liberia/images/liberian_army_including_children/4257-2-eng-GB/liberian_army_including_children_1column50_12space_landscape.jpg)
Fourteen years of war ended in 2003 - devastated by years of conflict, young Liberians are now starting to learn what life is like in peacetime
Former President Charles Taylor left Liberia in 2003 in the midst of a crisis. Since then UN peacekeepers have been deployed across the country, co-ordinating a national Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration programme.
The war displaced one million people and left 200,000 dead, while 80 per cent of people live below the poverty line, and the country is heavily dependent on foreign aid.
We support two partners in Liberia, both of which were present throughout the conflict era, and are focused on post-conflict rehabilitation, particularly for young people.
In 2011, we also provided emergency food aid, shelters, sleeping mats, blankets and cooking utensils to help villagers in the east of Liberia support refugees who fled conflict in Cote d'Ivoire.
 | Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia crisis: one year on Our Emergency Response Team provided aid for thousands of refugees who fled into Liberia in 2011. |
 | CAFOD welcomes Charles Taylor ruling CAFOD has welcomed the ruling of the War Crimes Court in The Hague against Charles Taylor, the former President of Liberia. |
 | Chris Bain responds to the Queen’s Speech The Government has dropped its plans to introduce legislation in the new Parliamentary session to guarantee the spending of 0.7 per cent of national income on aid to the poorest countries. The Government did however reiterate its firm plans to reach the 0.7 per cent spending target by 2013. |
![Bishop Rawsthorne meets refugee children in Glarlay [Noreen Lockhart]](/var/storage/images/cafod-online-images/liberia-bishop-rawsthorne/1399094-1-eng-GB/liberia-bishop-rawsthorne_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Bishop Rawsthorne meets refugees Bishop John Rawsthorne, Chair of our Board of Trustees, has visited a village in Liberia where we are supporting thousands of refugees. |
| Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia: refugee crisis With intense fighting in Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), at least 100,000 refugees have poured into neighbouring Liberia. Hundreds more are crossing every day - and food and water supplies are running dangerously low. |
