I was involved in the reconstruction of postwar Sierra Leone after the eleven years civil conflict as project Engineerr, 2001 - 2003. My task was to assess the status of the infrastructure in devastated municipalities for the intervision of gogernment and the international donor community in the reconstruction process. Before this period I worked as senior engineer for the Sierra Leone Roads Authority. The evaluation of the status of roads and quantifying the requirements in terms of labour, material, time and cost was my job description.