Liberia: Inside Dopa Village’s Daily Struggle for Safe Drinking Water

[FrontPageAfrica] Lofa County — As dawn breaks over Dopa Village in Foya District, Lofa County, the day begins not with the promise of opportunity, but with a familiar and exhausting routine. Before children prepare for school and families begin their daily chores, women and young girls set out on a long walk into the forest, balancing empty containers on their heads. Their destination is a stagnant pond more than a kilometer away, the only source of water the community has known for generations.