Health centers in Lofa County received several medical items from Madam Tokpa, who is a US based Liberian
Lofa County – A daughter of Sucromu town in Salayea district, Lofa County Garmai has embarked on a humanitarian journey of donations in Zorzor and Salayea districts.
Madam Garmai Tokpa, who is commonly known as Garmai Nuta, is a Liberian who is residing in the United States of America. She is currently in Liberia specifically Zorlayea distributing medical materials including hospital gowns, patients gowns, mask, syringes, scrubs, crushes among others to various health facilities in the county.
In Zorzor and Salayea districts, the donations were made to Zorzor Curran Lutheran Hospital, Sucromu clinic, Kpaiyea clinic, Gbanway clinic, Yarpuah clinic, Salayea health center, Gbonyea clinic, Kparyaquelleh community clinic, Gorlu clinic, Ganglota clinic and Beyan town Clinic.
Madam Tokpa recalled that she encountered two missionaries, Dr. Richard Ross Higgs and Frank Hullken when she was a sixth grade dropped out because of financial support.
The missionaries help her to enroll at the A. M. E Zion Academy where she completed her high school and subsequently entered the university of Liberia where her studies were disturbed because of the Civil war.
According to Madam Tokpa, the War forced her to travel to Sierra Leone, where she got reconnected with her sponsors in the US. Her connection with the missionaries afforded her a traveling opportunity to the US where she studied and obtained her first and second degrees in mental science.
The US based Liberian said, one day while driving with her Sponsor Dr. Higgs in the US she asked him “how can I appreciate you for all you have done for me? And her sponsor response to her was “Garmai as I have done to you go and do for your people.
She has since remained motivated to contribute to the welfare of her other Liberians.
She mentioned that the donations are not in any way politically motivated, instead she is doing it for the sake of her people as she was instructed to pay back by Dr. Richard Ross Higgs.
Madam Tokpa mentioned that the medical supplies were not her first donation to Liberians since she returned home from the United States few years back.
In 2016, she made donation of educational materials to the school in her maternal home town.
She called on other diaspora Liberians to emulate her example, while promising to do more in other sectors in order to help improve the living conditions and well-being of the people of Lofa County.