IPNews-Monrovia-Liberia-Thursday 28 February 2019: Citizens hailing from Kparblee Administrative District in Nimba County, residing in the United States, have made an initial donation to victims of mines disaster in northern Liberia’s county of Nimba.
The citizens, under the banner, Kparblee District Development Association (KDDA) have made an initial donation of 20 bags of rice.
Kparblee District Development Association (KPADDA) -Liberia Chairman and Board Chairman, Mr. Peter S. Karngbaye and Mr. Moses Zayee, respectively, made the donation on behalf of the organization on February 27, 2019, in Monrovia, to the office of Nimba County District #6 Representative, Twain Gleekia
Karngbaye and Zayee decried the appalling situation and said it is painful for the loss of many citizens and to see the humanitarian crisis created.
According to them, being citizens from the same district, they, along with their fellows, decided to join efforts in donating to the victims.
Receiving the donation, the Chief of Office Staff to Rep. Gleekia, Mr. Augustus Y. Voahn, thanked Kparblee citizens for being humanitarians and promised to onward submit same to his boss.
Voahn said the donation might look small in the eyes, but it is great because it will address the food crisis being experienced in the affected communities.
He used the occasion to explain that besides food crisis, there are other needs including medicines, safe drinking water and shelters over 30,000 citizens in the area.
Voahn revealed that the recent incident was the second at the mines, the first being in 2018. He said last year’s incident did not claim attentions because it was at a small scale. “We thought that was the ending, but surprisingly, this happened on February 9,” he said.
He further explained that no one knows most of the people buried under the dirt, saying, “People from across Liberia and neighbouring countries were in the area due to the discovery of gold deposit.”
It can be recalled that on the February 9, 2019, more than 40 illegal miners died when a mudslide occurred in a village called Gboanipea, near Tappita City, District #6.
Government has since declared the area health emergency due to the pollution of corpses that could be retrieved, with the Disaster Management Agency calling for interventions.
Since then, many organizations and individuals have been identifying with and donating to the affected communities.
On this note and being citizens from the same district, the US-based citizens have also come in with donation to augment efforts in addressing the humanitarian crisis in the area.