Voinjama City gone Violence – Live Videos

February 26th 2010, something terrible happen in Voinjama city, it is indeed a long story but I think I’m going to cut it short, here in Liberia we say“ e full my mouth ”

On that day, I was busy at work, when I discover that the city is upside down, at first we took the riot like a plaything but all of a sudden is turn into something else, since I could not stand the tension I rush to my room and lock myself up lol.

Uhm, riot start at about 3:00pm I guess, and ended in the evening of that same day but I can’t say much but the videos I’m about to post will tell you guyz more of the story,

Actually the violence was due to the incident that happen in Korna town at Zorzor district, saying the student were rioting about the death of one Korpu Kamara a student of the Korna public school, news reaching to Voinjama, the Mandingos start fighting the Lorma according to what I heard from UNMIL radio. Na, I the one say it. I beg your lol.

It’s was very unfortunate that some of our clients were affected, house and properties got burn, I will post some photos of those affected clients to back my post up, this incidents really slow down the repayment of loans from some of our clients.

Presently Voinjama city is under keffy, from 6am-6pm recently, it has been extend to 6am-10pm and the city is getting lively as normal.

I will be glad if you will have the sympathy to make a donation to help those who are affected by this ungodly incident.

Okay folks, lets cut the story here, I will post the live videos in youtube, do check it out. In addition, don’t forget to post your comments before your leave my blog.

I’m out, be right back for more stories.

Here is the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrhiNXcsQJ0

I will post more videos, stay tune. and some of the photos of leap affected business clients.

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You are warmly welcome to Travel Voinjama, a blog that talk about the beautiful city in Liberia, called Voinjama city, Lofa County, if you want to contribute kindly Write on:

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This blog will be talking on people experience to Voinjama City, Lofa County, Liberia, and West Africa, also the blog will give an insight on how Voinjama City Look, just incase you happen to be here. Do your best to contribute and make your suggestion on how to improve and support my blog.

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About Voinjama City

Voinjama is a small city that serves as the capital of Lofa County, Liberia and is located in the hilly, far northern part of the country near the Guinea border.

Mosque before the Liberian civil war it was a busy crossroads town, with a large weekly market. The population was principally from the Lorma and Mandingo tribes, with other ethnic groups from surrounding areas also present. It boasted a number of schools, including the public Voinjama Multilateral High School, as well as Saint Joseph's Catholic school under the direction of Sister Joan Margaret Kelly, and private schools run by Swedish missionaries and other groups. The Voinjama airport, outside of town on the road to Zorzor, featured a grass landing strip and flight service several times a week from Monrovia through the national carrier, Air Liberia.

The city had an electric generating station (with power in the evening) and a water treatment plant that supplied running water for most of the town. There were numerous general goods stores on the main road and a large parking station in the central plaza where one could catch a ride on a public car south to Zorzor, Gbarnga and Monrovia, west to Kolahun, Foya and Sierra Leone, or north to the Guinea border, four miles away.

Voinjama featured numerous churches of many different denominations as well as a mosque situated in the predominantly Muslim area of town known as the Mandingo Quarter. As capital of the county, it served as a government headquarters housing county officials and offices as well as being home to numerous international development projects, including the Lofa County Agricultural Development Project. It was served by a number of US Peace Corps Volunteers and Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers.

Subsistence rice farming was the principal occupation of most of the population. The rice generally grown in Liberia is dry land rice, on ground cleared through slashing and burning of the abundant forestland, and not paddy rice as in other parts of the world. Other prominent crops grown in the Voinjama area were cassava, potato greens, collard greens, and palm nuts, from which the popular red palm oil was extracted. "Palm wine" harvested from certain palm trees was also popular.

Source from wiki! read previous post.

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My Little Story from Ganta to Voinjama:

Huh! Voinjama is such an interesting place to be in Liberia, base on my traveling experience.

The month of October, I went to Ganta for one month training as MIS/Back officer of Local Enterprise Assistance Programme (LEAP) Ganta Branch; Branch Manager Phelicia Totoe, a bright and light skinny lady, she is motivating, friendly and has vase knowledge in computer.

I arrived Ganta late in the night, let say as at 1:00 am, thinking everyone has gone to bed but to my greatest surprise, Ganta City was busy as noonday. People were busying selling and buying, so I went straight to LEAP Office Ganta.

I was warmly welcome by everyone, most especially Steve Johnson(MIS/Back officer) the person who is responsible to train me for one month, the tellers, loan officers and Branch Manager.

After the one-month, training is over, my Executive Director, Mr. Francisco Pastora of LEAP Monrovia, called me to come over to Voinjama City, Lofa County. Folks I have never been in Lofa County before I strongly believe that it is going to be a good place for me, so hurriedly dress up and find way to Lofa County.

When I went to Gbanga, I saw NGO’s car going to Lofa County, I ask how much its cost for the trip, they said its $1500 Liberian Dollars, but I paid $700 LD because the driver was in haste so I was favor for that day.

I must say the journey was not an easy one, but to my greatest surprise, I arrived Voinjama City within 4 hours, why because the NGO car driver, One Mr. Jemel was one of the best fastest drivers in Public Defender,Lofa County, but I guess the journey meant be more than 4 hours.

Do you know what? I was tricky dusty when I got to Voinjama,because the road is damn dusty, I do not know what the government of Liberia is doing about it.

I got to the main gas station, waiting one of LEAP Staff to come and pick me up, to my surprise LEAP ED pick me up and carry me to the office in Voinjama.

Okay guyz, that all I have to say in other to cut long short I am here in Voinjama and having good time and loving my job.

I’m out, please don’t go away, more posts to come.

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