Since I didn't take any pics myself, I am still waiting for others to start posting theirs online. I'll update this thread with the interesting ones:

A little about the trip:
Liberia is the second poorest country in the world. Even their capital does not fully have running water or a power grid. They have an 80$ unemployement rate. The group consisting of 14 members came to help build a church and set up a schools computer lab which would also function as a public internet cafe. We also came with the resources to set up a number of other businesses. The computer lab did not work out because of the corruption at the port of Liberia, we did not get the container until 3 days before we left. Some people there know a little about networking and will have to figure it out.

Technology wise they are very far behind about everywhere else. Only parts of Monrovia has power and I do not believe there is clean water running anywhere (it is a current government project to get it started). I saw no phone lines at all. Almost no one owns a computer because they make very little and computer cost roughly 4 times more than they do here. Cell phones and cars were pretty much the only things separating them from being in the 1800s. The common house was woven sticks, most people only owned a couple of clothing at best. This is probably not the case in Monrovia though. I did not go into Monrovia so I am not sure what it is like there.

Batch 2 (posted 1/29/09)
A group of kids standing outside a house (I am not sure if all of them live there). Most kids were dressed about like the kids in this picture, almost all the common houses were made out of those woven sticks.


A fairly typical view from the street, most of liberia looks something like this


The finished computer lab, this is one of the nicest in Liberia.


Batch 1 (posted 1/13/09):
Me with one of the Liberians who prepared our food. I also thing that this is the first picture of myself that I have posted on this forum:



The place we stayed was one of the best in liberia, even the UN put some of their people there. Although it was one of the best in Liberia, it could be compared to a crappy motel, we even only got power from the generator (no central power grid) between sundown and 7:00am. This resort had a pet chimpanzee, her name is Princess. I should have video in a few days.



The main construction site on day one


The main construction site on the last day:


One of our members eating an orange with the chimp

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