Fly Launches Youth Impact Monitoring, Advocacy Program


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It's been more than a decade since the end of Liberia's 14-year civil war, but the country's youth are still struggling to make ends meet, the Guardian reports.

According to a new report from the Federation of Liberian Youth, only about a third of the country's 15 to 35-year-olds have jobs, and only about half of them have attended school in the last three years.

And that's not all.

The report also found that only about half of the country's youth have access to proper health care.

And that's not all.

The Federation of Liberian Youth also found that only about one-third of the country's youth have access to safe drinking water.

And that's not all.

The report also found that only about half of the country's youth have access to latrines.

And that's not all.

The Federation of Liberian Youth also found that only about one-third of the country's youth have access to safe drinking water.

And that's not all.

The report also found that only one-third of the country's youth have access to decent housing.

And that's not all.

The Federation of Liberian Youth also found that only one-third of the

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