Liberia: Loan Scheme Eases Pressure On Salayea Forest

Before joining the Salayea Community Forest’s savings club, Krubo Tokpah sold pastry in a transparent bucket for a year. Now she uses the loan to sell used clothing, which she uses to feed her children and send them to school.

“This program has made me have money all the time,” says Tokpah. “I can’t be a beggar again.”

Tokpah is the chairlady of the village saving and loan association in Salayea town, one of six communities adjacent to the Salayea forest. The loan scheme is helping to stop locals…