PLATFORM 2007-2009 ADMINISTRATION

“UNITY AND EMPOWERMENT FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY”

The goal of the current FELMAUSA administration is to promote peace and reconciliation within the Liberian Community in general and the Mandingo community in particular, to provide educational opportunity, deliver social services, advocate for social justice and the creation of a network of vibrant Mandingo Communities in the Americas as a means of contributing to the economic and social development of our dear country Liberia.

1.   Services/Institutional building

Education Programs

·         Construction of a high school in Liberia to be called FELMAUSA HIGH SCHOOL

·         Establishment of FELMAUSA Scholarship Fund, which shall be used to award scholarships annually to deserving students attending colleges and Universities in Liberia.

·         Annual Back to School Backpack Drive for deserving students in Liberia

·         Annual recognition ceremony for all high school and college graduates in order to highlight the importance of education in our community.

·         Aggressively pursuit the education of Mandingo girls

·         Formulate a data base that shall track ALL the Liberian Mandingo students in the various colleges and universities around the world and their areas of studies.

Services

·         Partner with local organizations to create social services and programs that target the youth, the elderly and women.

·         Create a network of relief structure to response to disasters affecting members of our community in Liberia and elsewhere.

·         Mobilize friends of Liberia, Liberians in America to contribute to the improvement of healthcare delivery system in Liberia.

2.   Advocacy

Legal Services

·         Establishment of a National Mandingo Legal Defense Fund to address problems facing our community in Liberia

·         Partner with the Liberian Government to advocate for the return of all properties to their rightful owners in Nimba County and other parts of the country.

·         Partner with other Liberian organizations in the Diaspora to address immigration and other pressing issues facing the larger Liberian Community. 

3.   Unity/Partnership

·         Partner with the National Mandingo Caucus of Liberia, Concerned Mandingo Society of Liberia, and all other well meaning Mandingo associations and organizations to advance the cause of the Mandingo ethnic group in and outside of Liberia.

 

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