Krio Descendants Union Feeds the Aged

By Mohamed Sankoh

Over the years, the Krio Descendants Union has extended humanitarian assistance to various institutions including schools, construction of bore-holes among others. The KDU North-East Chapter in the United States of America has on Saturday 25th January, 2025 provided food for the aged people at the “King George the 6th Memorial Home” Grafton, in Freetown.

The KDU is also a member of the “Global Union” with three states that are made up of the North-East Chapter, such as New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. the organization has been assisting the King George home for the past five years with various donations like toiletries, provide food and digging of bore-hole for the institution.

According to the Assistant Social Secretary, Krio Descendants Union North-East Chapter, Madam Joyce Tower explained that the King George the 6th Memorial Home lacks tangible supports which is why their organization brought food for the aged with food, adding that they saw it appropriate to reconstruct a sustainable bore-hole.

The Social Secretary further affirmed that the KDU support is not only limited to the King George home, but has provided cash support to Churches and Mosques including the donation of learning materials such as books, computers and toys to the children’s library at the Sierra Leone Library Board. She was quoted as saying: “right now we have over six-hundred books to be donated to various schools”.

She concluded by emphasizing the importance attached to give charity to the needy which according to her, their gesture is not only limited to Krio people, but cut across tribe, region or party lines, adding that there are some consignments on the way which will be donated to the King George home and other deprived communities and schools that are in need.

Receiving the food from members of the KDU North-East Chapter, Mrs. Ramatu Kanu, Administrator King George 6th Memorial Home said some of their challenges have been water and electricity which is not regular and as a result it is difficult to run the home.

She thanked the KDU for their kind gesture to the aged and to reconstruction of their bore-hole which was not in good working order, hence she called on other meaningful organizations to assist them on the area of electricity like solar lights as the premises of the compound is very dark especially when there is no light during the night.

The home administrator recalled that the Krio Descendants Union usually visit the home and present different donations to the institution although there are other organizations, families and individuals who normally donate various items to the home.

In her statement, President of the KDU in Sierra Leone, Madam Waltona Cummings said despite the fact that the King George Home is well established, yet they need food and non-food items to encourage residents at the home.

She further noted that one of the challenges they identify was the issue of lack of water supply and it is against this backdrop that the construction of a bore-hole was given priority. She thanked the KDU North-East Chapter for their support especially the reconstruction of a bore-hole.

She emphasized the need for unity which according to her the KDU operates beyond tribal lines, region or community.

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