Guinea/Liberia: Trauma of war resurfaces, often among women refugees

Under a makeshift tent in the Laine refugee camp in southern Guinea, Charlesetta Kollie, a Liberian refugee, buckles down to teach dressmaking to a new group of apprentices. Kollie's nine students have four sewing machines with which to stitch together women's garments - the camisoles and pagnes - that are common in the sub-region. Sometimes the women learn how to mend torn dresses. Their target is to learn how to sew in order to have a trade when they return to Liberia.