As the rainy season approaches, fears of a cholera outbreak have spurred the chief of Rokupa-Portee Warf to ask for help from government for his community. Highly congested and overpopulated, the Wharf is situated in the eastern part of Freetown on the sea.
The shamble houses of fishermen and wood sellers fill a densely packed cove which has no road access.
The chief estimates that there are approximately of 5000 people living in the small community. Geographic location and poor sanitation place the community at risk. It is a settlement literally on the edge.
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