Monrovia – The National Secretariat of the Congress for Democratic Change is preparing to donate 500 bags of rice to several vulnerable communities in Montserrado County.
Speaking Tuesday, April 28 in Monrovia, the Secretary of CDC Montserrado County chapter, Sylvester Kannah said the donation will be made to disabled people and orphanages in each of the 17 districts of the county.
“We are going to target the Christian Association of the Blind and the New Matadi Central Mosque among others vulnerable areas,” Kanneh said.
He also stated that churches and mosques in each of the districts are expected to benefit from the donation.
At the same time, he said that some districts may carry more or less of the rice, depending on its population sides.
Kanneh said it is important that the ruling party intervene with rice distribution to vulnerable because many families are finding it difficult to get food during the health crisis.
According to him, “if these groups of people are hungry, it might limit their willingness to stick to the preventive measures, by not adhering to the stay home mandate” of the government.
The distribution of the rice was an initial process and will be continued if the National Secretariat gets additional funding, he said.
Kanneh termed the gesture as the CDC’s own fight against the disease through its various auxiliaries.
Meanwhile, the CDC Montserrado County chapter called on all Liberians to join the fight against COVID-19 in the country.