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When working for NGOs the put you in really weird situations that don't allow you close to people and make lots of money for their security arms. I backpacked
by thekid314 6y ago
When working for NGOs the put you in really weird situations that don't allow you close to people and make lots of money for their security arms.
I backpacked for a month through Liberia. It is a really interesting country. From Monrovia, one of the sleepier capitals in Western Africa, to Harbel some would call it an exploitative plantation for Firestone rubber, to Harper a former capital that is still hard to reach from the capital. Just getting to Harper took one day of shared taxi, one day of hitch-hiking with a UN guy, and a long day of mudding through logging roads in a hired truck. But we made it. I even saw the new soccer star president when he visited Buchannan.
You can feel that it is less developed than the surrounding countries and the war has ripped apart a lot of the inter community trust. Americans have been sucking resources out, and now Chinese businessmen are doing the same.