June 15, 2021
BY PROBLYN JOHN ALPHA
At least Thirty Million Leones, twenty bundles of Zinc and twenty cartons of roofing nails have been donated to storm victims in Kangama Town, Chiefdom headquarter of Gorama Kono in Kono District.
The donations were made by a locally transformed organization in Kono District BETTER TOGETHER in collaboration with International Rescue Committee (IRC) through the Network Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD), Kono Branch.
The humanitarian gesture is as a result of the heavy storm that apparently left over one hundred and forty households destroyed including a school and a church.
This is according to the different reports put together by the District Disaster Management Committee, Kono.
A member of BETTER TOGETHER organization professor Aiah Kpakima said the cash support was raised from contributions of members of the organization from both abroad and at home in Sierra Leone. He further promised the organization’s continual support for various interventions. Haja Mariama Jimmy is the mammy queen of Gorama Kono Chiefdom, Kono District. She lauded BETTER TOGETHER Organization and IRC for their swift humanitarian gesture through Network Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD).
Madam Jimmy in a sad mood vividly recalled the horrific scene when the said disaster struck during the night hours thereby causing confusion and total panic as women and children including the aged were caught up by the storm and rain disaster in Kangama Town.
Making a statement, the paramount Chief of Gorama – Kono Chiefdom P.C Cyrus Ngebuva Konobundor foremost thanked the benefactors of the storm victims for the donations amidst this challenging time.
He called for urgent attention to be given to the Islamic primary school and the church that were destroyed as a result of the reported storm. Meanwhile the Minister of Local Government and rural Development Tamba Lamina also lauded the thoughts and efforts of various partners IRC, NMJD, BETTER TOGETHER organization and World Vision for their philanthropic move and response in settling the disaster victims.