According to UNICEF, nearly 300,000 refugees and internally displaced persons have returned to their homes in 2005 after the end of a brutal 14-year civil war.
Peaceful national elections have been held, but the re-establishment of state authority and law and order has only just begun.
The state of social services countrywide is still far below pre-war levels. More than one third of the population, and an even higher proportion of the country's children, lives on less than $1 a day.
The Children's Center
cares for 15 malnourished young children
at a time. There is also a program
for 42 foster families that have taken in
84 orphaned children that come out of
our Mercy Project. We help these families
with their children by giving them food and medication, if required, as well as paying
for their education. We also work with these families by helping them earn money
through our business development program with micro loans, or by hiring them in our
own business for training. Our focus on building up the economy is very strong.
According to UNICEF, nearly 300,000 refugees and internally displaced persons have returned to their homes in 2005 after the end of a brutal 14-year civil war. 
The Children's Center
cares for 15 malnourished young children
at a time. There is also a program
for 42 foster families that have taken in
84 orphaned children that come out of
our Mercy Project. We help these families
with their children by giving them food and medication, if required, as well as paying
for their education. We also work with these families by helping them earn money
through our business development program with micro loans, or by hiring them in our
own business for training. Our focus on building up the economy is very strong.
