Liberia: Mother’s Cry for Justice – Family Shattered By Rape, Incest, and Abandonment

Zota District — In the fading evening light, Gorpu Yarkpawolo (not her real name) sits barefoot outside a neighbor’s home, her three young sons gathered around her. Tears roll silently down her cheeks as she recounts the horror that has haunted her family since 2022. Her voice quivers–not with anger, but with a quiet, desperate resolve to save her children’s future from the shadows of unspeakable trauma.

Once sustained by modest farming in Zota District, Gorpu’s family lived a peaceful, humble…