SARAH GRILE

A boy prays on the first day of school following the Ebola epidemic in Monrovia, Liberia. 

A man waits for Robert Sirleaf, the son of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, to show up for an interview during the senate elections in December of 2014. The elections had been postponed from October to December because of the spread of Ebola in the country. Sirleaf was beat by George Weah, who would later go on to become Liberia's president.

Girls line up for school at the More Than Me Academy in Monrovia, Liberia.

A woman puts on makeup while getting ready for her friend's wedding in Monrovia, Liberia. 

Students from the More Than Me Academy are walked home in the slum community of West Point, Liberia. 

A boy receives a haircut near his home in Brewerville, Liberia. 

While cooking at her home in West Point, Patience had an epileptic seizure which caused severe burns over the the top part of her body.  She was flown to the the United States where the scars on her face, neck, chest, and shoulders were treated with laser treatments to help reduce inflammation. Here, Patience poses for a photo at her home after returning to Liberia. 

A UNICEF volunteer places a mark on the outside of a house after giving vaccinations to children living in the home in Monrovia.

A girl walks through the waterside market in Liberia to sell goods. According to the WHO, approximately 64 percent of Liberians live below the poverty line ($1.25/day). This poverty often leads parents to force their children to sell on the streets for extra income.

A boy competes in a surfing competition in Robertsport. 

The Liberian flag is raised at the beginning of the school day in Brewerville.

Street scene in West Point, a slum community in Monrovia, Liberia. 

A boy plays soccer with other members of the organization, Life And Change through Sports (L.A.C.E.S.) while in the Matadi community in Monrovia, Liberia.

A boy runs across the road in Konia, Liberia.

Two girls near the shoreline in the slum community of West Point, Liberia.

A family rests outside their home near Monrovia, Liberia.

A woman looks after her sick child while inside the nutrition in-patient ward of JDJ Hospital, which has been the only operating pediatric hospital operating until March of 2015 in Liberia.

A boy rests below a food stand in West Point, a slum community in Liberia.

Adama Loyma, 32, of Brewerville, a single mother of one, adopted five children following the death of friend who died from Ebola. Loyma sells small peppers and small packets of charcoal at the local market. She received a $300 USD cash grant from UNICEF to help her increase her business and help take care of her children. Here, one of her adopted children, Precious, center right, sits on a wheelbarrow while waiting in line to get water.

Albernita, a student at More Than Me Academy, stands inside a school classroom in West Point, Liberia, where she lives.

A wedding at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Monrovia, Liberia. 

Boys play in the ocean near their homes in West Point, Liberia. 

Girls form the More Than Me Academy play outside their homes in West Point, Liberia.

A student at the More Than Me Academy wraps herself in the Liberian flag after the 2013 marathon in Monrovia.

Delegates and community members join President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for a day of celebration and thanksgiving at the Centennial Memorial Pavilion on Monday. During the service, the World Health Organization (WHO) gave the official Declaration to President Sirleaf that Liberia is free of the Ebola virus. During the celebration, those who were unable to fit in the jam packed pavilion, celebrated outside.

A man walks down a hallway inside the old Hotel Africa building. In 1979, President William Tolbert, Jr. led the Organization of African Unity conference in the hotel. It fell into disrepair during the country's 14-year civil war.