BETWEEN A ROCK AND HARD PLACE
Mercy Womeh's struggle to fund an education in postwar Liberia. Like many Liberians, Mercy Womeh missed several years of education as a result of the 14-year civil war. She is now 18 and determined to complete her final two years of schooling. To fund her education, she crushes rocks. On a good day, she fills as many as seven buckets with stones, selling them to pay her school fees
