During my first week in Liberia I went to the Ducor Hotel and looked out on Westpoint, Liberia's most densely populated slum. This week I had the opportunity to visit Westpoint with Musa, a Liberian who grew up in there and who still lives there with his family. This photo is the opposite view shot from the waterside in Westpoint looking back at the Ducor Hotel. Westpoint is home to more than 75,000 people and is built on a beach. The sandy peninsula is rapidly eroding leaving families homeless. Latrines (pictured here) are few and far between. All of this right in downtown Monrovia. Musa, my guide for the afternoon, wants to help his community and thinks education is the key. With the help of some friends he launched Educate West Point, a nonprofit that works to make sure kids stay in school by making sure they don't have to worry about school fees, uniforms, food, or poor health. I leave Liberia tomorrow so I won't be around to see the first batch of kids start school in September but I look forward to hearing how it goes. #reportersnotebook #cunyj17 #cunyjreports #westpoint #educatewestpoint #education #urbaneducation #liberia #communitydevelopment (at Westpoint, Montserrado, Liberia)