Mensiegar Karnga
5 May 2005
As things have begun watering down in Liberia after years of brutal civil war, Liberians who fled the country apparently for fear of their lives have begun putting into place some programs to address the appalling conditions many others are facing One of such Liberians, who has returned home with others is Mr. Jerome Z. Gayma.
Mr. Gayma and other Liberians who reside in the Diaspora, in collaboration with the United Methodist church in Liberia, have organized a Welfare Institution called "Liberian Coalition Project" for child soldiers that were associated with fighting forces in the just ended crisis and exploited kids who continue to suffer the disadvantage of the wars.
At a press briefing in the conference room of the United Methodist Compound on 13th Street, Mr. Jerome Gayma added that they were taking the initiative to target the affected youth in a kid to bring relief to them, and to transform them into useful and productive beings.
Mr. Gayma Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Liberian Coalition Project indicated that the project is a residential program and retrospectively observed that the devastating effects of the war and the negative impact it has on the future of the Liberian children. "It is imperative that they join the humanitarian and philanthropist institutions presently catering to the needs of the Liberian children in the reconstruction drive of the country and provide a framework for self-reliance in the future.
He added that after years of crisis, it is now time for Liberians to bury their bitter past and form a united front to preach peace, love, unity and reconstruction if the nation is to be transformed into a productive and functioning society.
He used the medium to call on the international community and the concerned humanitarian institutions in the country to be proactive in transforming the lives of child-soldiers and exploited kids so that they would entirely say good-bye to war.
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