FOR OPHANS & ABANDONED CHILDREN DECEMBER 24 – 25, 2016 Very early morning December 24, 2016, Miss Leeklli Kansuah, a student of the University of Liberia and her entourage, a Dietician, departed the City of Monrovia to travel 250 miles to Johnny Cole Town, where the MERMAI Orphanage is located. They took nearly all goodies kids love – good food, … Read More
The Way Forward
With location of the Orphanage identified as Chief Johnny Cole Town, Liberia, and the MERMAI Program Launched, the next step is identification of genuine orphans though it will be very difficult to distinguish an orphan from one who is not since almost all the kids are naked and we had to supply clothes, hardly have any meals a day, are … Read More
Official Launching of MERMAI
On July 2, 2016 which was the day to launch Martha E. Ramsey Memorial Academy, Inc. the kids filled our lodging place in the morning like the day before, prepared to attend the Program. By 9 a.m. Commissioner Annie Reeves of the District in which the Orphanage is located, City Mayor and Deputy City Mayor of Gbanga, Mr.Jerry G. Tinnie … Read More
Birthday Celebration & MERMAI Announcement
We went back to the Johnny Cole Town June 30, 2016 for the Birthday Party of July 1, 2016 and to prepare for the Launching of the Martha E. Ramsey Memorial Academy, Inc. (MERMAI) July 2, 2016, respectively. A larger group of about 300 children, had assembled to give us a rousing welcome. Obviously, we did not meet children from … Read More
Our Initial Visit to Liberia
My wife, Alice, and I left Tromso, Norway, June 20, 2016 at about 7:45 p.m. for Liberia, spent a night in Oslo and took off the 21st to Istanbul, Turkey where we spent five hours awaiting next flight to Liberia. We departed 1:45 p.m. and arrived at Roberts International Aiport at the hour of 7:45 p.m. admidst heavy rain which … Read More
MERMAI Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Founder and Pastor Irvin Kofa Sr., celebrated the recent announcement of the Martha E. Ramsey Memorial Academy venture by holding a Chamber Ribbon Cutting on May 1st at the Douglas County Chamber. Family, friends and representatives from the Chamber were present for the occasion. Martha E. Ramsey Memorial Academy Incorporated is a non-profit organization established to the memory of Martha … Read More