A Liberian-American charity organization, Armah and Lydia Lansanah Foundation, has donated assorted items valued over US$15,000 to six orphanages in and out of Monrovia.
The items donated include rice, clothing, shoes, educational materials, and thousands of Liberian dollars in cash. The six organizations that benefited from the donation are the Mother Victora Thomas Orphanage Home, Koubay Disabled Foundation and Academy, Liberian Christian Orphanage Mission, My Brother’s Keeper Orphanage Home, Redeemer International Academy and Teach Liberia.
Speaking during sections of the donation in Careysburg and Mount Barclay, the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Armah and Lydia Lansanah Foundation, Armah D. Lansanah stated that the donation by his charity organization to the six orphanages mark its annual donation to help improve the lives of less fortunate and destitute Liberian children throughout Liberia.
Lansanah stated that it is the dream of his organization to reach out to more orphanages in Liberia to address the needs of Liberian children, but lamented that their resources are limited, and they could only reach out to the six orphanages identified.
Lansanah, a Liberian who grew up in the Matadi community, attributed the less fortunate’s condition to poverty, and challenged the Liberian children to always take their education seriously, using honesty, dedication, and hard work as the hallmark for their success in Life to change their condition.
Meanwhile, Lansanah expressed gratitude for the contributions and donations from friends in Liberia and the United States, mainly Senator John Hoffman of the United States who made the 2024 distribution successful. He reaffirmed the Armah and Lydia Lansanah Foundation’s commitment to continue the annual donation of food, clothes and other assorted non-food materials to the children of Liberia in collaboration with friends in Liberia and America.
Speaking for the six benefiting orphanages, the Founder of the My Brother’s Keeper Orphanage Home, Paster Ralph A. Gelego, praised the Armah and Lydia Lansanah Foundation for the gesture, which will help to change the lives of the children. Rev. Gelego noted that the donation came at the right time.
Unfortunately, Pastor Gelego disclosed to the Lansanah Foundation team that Christian Aid International has decided that the supply of 13 bags of rice and the salaries of 11 teachers at the orphanage home will be officially terminated this February 2024. The Pastor said this would affect the running of the home. Several other concerns that needed immediate attention were raised by the six orphanages, including the lack of safe-drinking water and educational materials, as well as the construction and expansion of additional classrooms to be used also by persons with disability.