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Story Publication logo September 30, 2019

Girls School in Liberia Reopens After Sex Abuse Scandal

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After a disturbing sexual abuse epidemic at an American charity in Monrovia, Liberians opened a new...

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Image by Voice of America. Liberia, 2019.
Image by Voice of America. Liberia, 2019.

Students at an American charity school in Liberia almost lost their institution to a notorious sex abuse scandal, forcing the academy to close. Then a new, Liberian-run organization formed to re-open the school. In Monrovia, Monique John follows one student on her first day back in class.

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