Yassah Levelah, a nurse from Liberia, started the "Comfort Closet" to provide supplies that pregnant women must bring to a public hospital to gain admission for childbirth. Currently earning a master's degree in social work at Temple University in Philadephia, Lavelah is stocking up on supplies to bring home for her charity project. At right: Lavelah's Comfort Closet. (Joel R. Dennis (left), Maima Cooper)
Imagine if a pregnant woman comes to a hospital to give birth and is turned away because she doesn't have a bag of supplies that includes diapers, a baby hat and bleach.
That's the reality in Liberia, a country where nearly half the population lives below the international poverty line and the annual per capita income is $673.
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