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Sonah with Amadu Sangari (right)
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A US-based Liberian sisters’
organization known as The Diplomats has
launched education assistance project to
aid disadvantaged children go to school
in Liberia, FELMAUSA News has learned.
The newly appointed President of the group, Sonah
Trawally said the Diplomat sisters do realize the need
to lend a hand to children whose parents are financially
incapable.
“Our goal is to help someone in dire need to enter the
doors of knowledge. If we do that, we are making Liberia
a better place for our future generation,” the group
leader said and emphasized “We want to see these kids
and their parents smile again. That is an experience we
wouldn’t exchange for anything.”
The young leader hinted that an initial 10 disadvantaged
children from across the country will receive education
assistance for the first and second semester school
year. She said the Diplomats intend to expand the
assistance drive to ensure the children are going to
school instead of roaming the streets.
The group is currently sponsoring two
students at the Muslim Congress and Salafiyah
high
schools
in
Monrovia.
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The Diplomat Chief stressed that her group would like to
see the kids do better by preparing themselves for the
future challenges. She said Diplomats were launching the
drive in response to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s
call for Liberian women to join her initiatives to
educate the children thereby getting them off the
streets. “We are seriously concerned about the plight of
our children in Liberia,” said the mother of two kids.
She noted, “We know what it means for your child to not
be receiving the kind of education he or she needs. We
know what it means to see your child running around in
the streets and you having no means to support them.
This is the sad story in Liberia after the war.”
“I can’t explain how much love the children will feel
when they receive this assistance from us. We will be
like angels to them. We are determined to make the
children smile; make them feel loved without having seen
them; make them feel that someone somewhere has their
back and motivate them even though we have never heard
their voices,” the women group leader pointed out.
The Diplomat boss and her sisters are optimistic that
other women groups and organizations will join their
effort to keep the children stay away from drugs and
alcohol and pay more attention to their education.
She lauded the current scholarship drive launched by
FELMAUSA to help deserving students in Liberia.
Citing that the Diplomats are not a wealthy
organization, Sonah noted that sacrifice
is made when “we ourselves may not have enough.”
