Sarah Mulbah, Liberia "As a refugee my experience of life is very difficult"

Sarah Mulbah has signed up to leave with the next convoy taking refugees from Laine camp in Guinea back home to Liberia. After nearly 16 years of living in camps, she’s nervous, but also keen to create a better life for herself and her two children.

“There is me, I am 28, and my two children both girls. The smallest is three. We are going back to Bong County in Liberia, my mother is already there and waiting for us.

I have decided that we should leave as there is not good schooling for me anymore at the camp and my Ma is too old to look after herself.

There is a school in Bong where I can continue my studies to learn any good job that God can give to me.

But most of all I would like to be a nurse. I would love to be a nurse so that I can treat my family. My mother is sick most of the time - as I haven’t had any training I don’t know what it is yet - but I hope one day I will be able to help her and if they need it, my children. Also, nurses are always in demand.

I am happy to go home to Liberia. As a refugee my experience of life is very difficult. It is hard to get money and there is not much food especially good food that you can make a good soup from.

There is a new president in Liberia now. We have Ellen [Johnson Sirleaf]. We just want someone who will take care of us. I think she will do that. I love her!

When I go to Liberia next week, it will be the first time I have seen Liberia since I ran away [in 1990] when I was 12 years old.

I want Liberia to stay calm, to be a peaceful land to me and my children so that we can all go to school and so something for ourselves.”