Liberia

ATLANTA, Ga. (April 5, 2010) – CARE is scaling up its response to help those affected by the post-election violence in Côte d’Ivoire that has besieged the country for months.

CARE voices concerns about the risks of sexual violence and exploitation among Ivorian refugees arriving in Liberia. Prevention must be part of the first emergency response.

CARE warns that the mostly forgotten crisis in Côte d’Ivoire has the potential of escalating into a regional humanitarian disaster unless a larger-scale aid effort is put into place.

The outbreak of the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone and Liberia did not just infect and kill thousands of people. It brought these West Africa countries to a standstill. Entire communities were quarantined. Borders were sealed off

Michael is seventeen years old. In March, 2011 he fled Telwon, his home village in Ivory Coast, which is about 100 kilometres from the border with Liberia, when it was attacked by armed militias

Polou is a 26 year old Ivorian, and a single mother of six young children. She fled Ivory Coast in May and sought refuge in Grand Gedeh, south eastern