SIERRA LEONE 2008. Intern Anya Walsh, volunteer Saleh Azizi and Programme Officer Enitor Briggs working together in the FAO office in Freetown. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. Programme Officer Enitor Briggs at work in the FAO office in Freetown. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. Dr. Aloysius Cyril Lahai, FAO Programme Assistant, in his office in Freetown. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. Children playing an evening game of football in Freetown, Sierra Leone. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. A handful of dried okra valued at 500 Leones (approximately USD $0.17) at the Aberdeen Market, Freetown. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. A handful of chili peppers valued at 800 Leones (approximately USD $0.27) at the Aberdeen Market, Freetown. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. A handful of spelt, valued at 700 Leones (approximately USD $0.23) at the Aberdeen Market, Freetown. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. FAO Project Coordinator Fulvio Cenci visiting with local children in Kondeya, Koinadugu District. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. A handful of pigeon peas or "konshu beans", as they are called locally, valued at 800 Leones (approximately USD $0.27) at the Aberdeen Market, Freetown. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. FAO Project Coordinator Fulvio Cenci inspecting a hoe in Kondeya, Koinadugu District. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. A handful of shelled peanuts valued at 1, 000 Leones (approximately USD $0.34) at the Aberdeen Market, Freetown. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. A handful of yellow lentils valued at 1,000 Leones (approximately USD $0.34) at the Aberdeen Market, Freetown. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. A father feeding his infant imported baby food in a shantytown in Aberdeen, Freetown. 

A vendor displaying the beans she sells from her stall at Aberdeen Market. She is from Kabala, in northern Sierra Leone, but fled to Freetown during the country's civil war. She returns home every yea 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. Women shoppting at the open air market in Freetown. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. A mix of peppers and onions and other goods for sale at Aberdeen Market. Sierra Leone has an abundance of food but prices have increased and many people cannot afford basic items. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. Dr. Aloysius Cyril Lahai, FAO Programme Assistant, in his office in Freetown. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. A handful of millet, valued at 1, 000 Leones (approximately USD $0.34) at the Aberdeen Market, Freetown. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. A young woman using a shard of glass as a mirror while preparing for a night out in a shanty town in Aberdeen, Freetown. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. A handful of imported rice worth 800 Leones (approximately USD $0.27) at the Aberdeen Market, Freetown. In Freetown, imported rice is often less expensive than locally grown rice.