-In Ganta, Nimba County
By: SHALLON S. GONLOR
NIMBA COUNTY — Ernest Nya Kpoo Foundation, a humanitarian relief institution, has delivered food aid to families affected by the floods following heavy rainfalls in Ganta City, Nimba County.
It can be recalled that in late September 2024, a severe flood imposed chaos in parts of Ganta City and other areas in Nimba County, displacing hundreds of people and causing widespread damage to properties. Streets, homes, and businesses were destroyed, leaving residents stranded, raising hunger, and struggling to cope with the devastation.
Among the worst affected is the Glenyiluu Community in Ganta City, leaving hundreds of houses destroyed. Meanwhile, those affected have been calling on the public and humanitarian organizations for some assistance in recovering from such a disaster. In response, the Ernest Nya Kpoo Foundation, a humanitarian relief organization, launched a background investigation, meeting with affected families promptly to provide some food aid and cash affected families.
Donating to affected families in Glenyiluu Community on Saturday, 26 October 2024, the Ernest Nya Kpoo Foundation distributed food packets and cash to about 80 families whose homes were flooded due to the floods. The donation in kind and cash packets containing 25 bags of 25kg rice LD$25,000 were delivered to the families victimized by the flood disaster. In a statement, beneficiaries who explained that the flood had caused major damage to them thanked the foundation’s Chief Executive, Ernest Nya Kpoo, and team for the support.
Thanking Mr. Kpoo for the support, other bystanders and residents of Ganta City who were not affected by the floods said, “May God give prosperity,” wishing humanitarian Ernest Nya Kpoo and team to always be at peace and go beyond their humanitarian relief services to affected communities. Recorded 2024 September, unprecedented and devastating flooding in Nimba County triggered widespread displacement, with hundreds of people forced from their homes, villages, and towns in Nimba County.
The heavy rainfall’s devastating impacts also included washing away a large number of businesses, leading crocodiles, snakes, and some bad animals to enter homes, leaving residents stranded, and rising hunger as children struggled to cope with the devastation.
Experienced in rural communities in Nimba County, school-children going to school were challenged to cross the floodwaters to get to their school campuses. The situation worsens also in making ends meet in itself tough for women and children. In 1977, it was the first time extreme weather events hit Nimba County, the most catastrophic being the floods that destroyed homes and displaced hundreds of people in the county.
