Monrovia – The year 2017 is a politically charged as Liberia’s prepares for crucial elections, but the need to identify with disabled people is also important because they are incapable of fetching for themselves amid the prevailing harsh economic situation in the Country.
Report by Edwin Genoway, Jr – [email protected]
Many of these vulnerable people or physically challenged may struggle to participate in the election process; however they can also be major players as many of them have reached the constitutional age to exercise their political right through the ballot.
Many politicians at times identify with physically challenged and orphanages only during the time of elections to gain votes.
But the daughters of former Central Bank Governor Dr. Mills Jones has embarked on donation spree, identifying with Ebola orphans and disabled people around the country.
The two daughters, following their father’s footstep, are donating to the poor and needy.
On January 2, 2017, they identified with the disabled of the Antoinette Tubman Cheshire disability home in Sinkor and the Great Commission Orphanage Home in Chicken Soup Factory.
The donations were part of their effort to reach out to the needy during Christmas season.
The Jones daughters however called for an improved life for Ebola orphans and members of the disabled community.
The former Central Bank Governor daughters, Dr. Wehmah and Miatta Jones, are on a vacation from the United States of America and they say it is necessary to aid the needed.
“We want to present this consignment of rice and vegetable oil to you as you all celebrate the New Year,” the Jones sisters said.
Dr. Wehmah who presented the first consignment of rice and vegetable oil to the Antoinette Tubman Cheshire Home in Sinkor said the bags of rice and oil were gifts for the holiday season.
Presenting the second consignment at the great Commission Orphanage home in chicken Soup factory, Dr. Miatta Jones said that donation is the Jones’ family “Own way of identifying with the less fortunate during the festive season”.
The people of the Antoinette Cheshire Disability home in Sinkor have complained of abandonment by the society including the stakeholders.
The Antoinette Tubman Cheshire is a home that caters to children suffering from deformities.
According to folks at the Antoinette Cheshire Disability, the place has been without electricity and running water for a long period of time. They also complained about the lack of food to cater to the people living in the facility.
Meanwhile, two officials of the orphanage said the home has been abandoned, noting that it is a serious challenge to them.
They spoke Monday when the daughters of Dr. Mills Jones presented on behalf of the Jones’ family several bags of rice and vegetable oil to Antoinette Tubman Cheshire in Sinkor and Great Commission Orphanage home in Chicken Soup Factory.
Speaking on behalf of the Jones family, Dr. Wehmah and Miatta Jones said the donation was the family way of identifying with less fortunate people during then festive season. They presented seventy-five bags of rice and fifty-one gallons of vegetable oil.
Dr. Joseph Mills Jones, former governor of the Central Bank of Liberia is also the political leader of the Movement for Economic Empowerment (MOVEE).
He accompanied his daughters during the distribution exercise in Sinkor and Chicken Soup Factory respectively.