LIMANY in collaboration with the I-HELP Liberia Project Launches Shoes Drive For Liberia.


Associate Supreme Court Justice of Liberia, Hon. Kabinah Janeh with LIMANY’s President Turay and Some members of the I-HELP Liberia Project at the BBQ and launching of shoe drive for Liberia. Former ULAA's President, Sam Mohammed Kromah was on hand to give his unconditional support.

August 3, 2008--LIMANY in collaboration with the I-HELP Liberia Project, launched 2008 Shoes Drive for Liberia. They are asking their friends and friends of Liberia to donate shoes for the shoe project in Liberia. The shoe collection will run through October15, 2008.

For shoes drop off , please call (718) 607-7332, (212) 860-1286, (917) 685-1212, (917) 407-8106, (917) 655-5099.

On July 25th, "The Women of Liberia: Fighting for Peace", Miss Jackie Redd of Monrovia and Florence Ballah of Voinjama took time out from their busy schedule to help pack shoes for Liberia. The two hard working ladies who are in US to launch the film “Women of Liberia: Fighting for Peace” were very impressed and appreciative that US high school students were networking with a US based Liberian organization, LIMANY to send useful things to Liberia. As for Miss Mandy Xi, she was amazed hearing about Liberian war stories from two women who fought in the Liberia war. The two brave women explained to Mandy that their reason for taking up arms, was for self-protection after experiencing abuses from men and boys. "If need be, we can kill just like men. We can also lead better than them." Said Florence.

Meal time at the BBQ hosted by the I-HELP Liberia Project.

Miss Mandy Xi, the I-HELP Liberia Project coordinator, said the I-HELP Liberia Project believe that a pair of shoes would protect the body from some diseases as the people walk from one point to another. “Through our partnership with the Liberian Mandingo Association of New York, we managed to ship 700 pairs of shoes to Liberia in 2007. This year's goal is to double our efforts.”

Model Sang Kromah (in white) came to support the project. Miss Kromah gave seventy 70 pairs of shoes start. She said that she will solicit from her friends.

A Hunter College High School graduate, a Brown University first year student, Mandy Xi with her sister Jan Xi, show off the shoes they brought as Mr. Asumana Jabateh Randolph looks on.

The goal of the shoe drive is to collect several pairs of shoes that would cover the entire Hunter College High School court yard, the size of three basketball courts.