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Jan 19, 2010

Eager to see what the UN and Liberian government are actually doing, VBS meets up with a local journalist who plops us down in the center of West Point, the worst slum in Liberia. Without any modern plumbing, the people of West Point have taken to using the beach as a dump and giant outhouse. The area smells like, well, a dump and a giant outhouse, and it goes without saying that residents’ health suffers a whole host of issues. Here we also happen on a young Liberian rapper, who gives us a couple verses about the scourge of Africa: AIDS. From there it’s off the visit a heroin den, where we watch a twelve year-old smoke heroin and describes raping a woman at gunpoint. It gets worse.

  • dj_leethol

    about 1 month ago

    or loose an ear

  • georgezimmer

    about 1 month ago

    I don't think you watched this video too closely, obviously if anyone built a public commode it w...

  • georgezimmer

    about 1 month ago

    I don't think you watched this video too closely, obviously if anyone built a public commode it w...

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