2005 ANNUAL REPORT

2005 ANNUAL REPORT (September 2004-August 2005) of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CAPE MOUNTAINIANS IN THE AMERICAS, (NACA) INC.

Submitted by the NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION to the National Convention sitting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Abraham G. Massaley---National President
Dr. H. Momo Fahnbulleh---National Vice President
Abu Zoeduah---Secretary General
Kandakai Sherman---Assistant Secretary General
Flora Mabasi Paasewe Totimeh---National Treasury
Mamusu Sirleaf Cole---Program Coordinator
Armah Fahnbulleh---Auditor General
Nathaniel Wesley---National Chaplain

September 24, 2005

The National Association of Cape Mountainians in the Americas (NACA) was incorporated on March 10, 1986 in the State of New York, United States of America by citizens of Grand Cape Mount County who wanted to help their people in Liberia, West Africa. Today, we pay homage to those farsighted Cape Mountainians who undertook this bold initiative. Our gratitude goes to Mr. Arthur D. Chenoweth, first President NACA, Messrs Francis Massaquoi, D. Adama Campbell, Momo J. Fahnbulleh, Professor Abraham L. James, Mrs. Gladys Johnson who later became President of NACA for their thoughtfulness to create an organization of Cape Mountainians in the Americas that to cater to the wellbeing of our fellow citizens here and back home.

Unfortunately, due to some factors, coupled with other problems, the Association was dormant for many years, until its recent revitalization in November of 2004. That revitalization meeting was convened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by the former President, Mrs. Gladys Johnson who presided. At the meeting, a Revitalization Committee was put in place to work with Mrs. Johnson in organizing the first National Convention of Cape Mount citizens in the Americas. Subsequently, Mrs. Johnson and the Revitalization Committee working in concert convened the first convention of Cape Mountainians in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 18, 2004. The objective of this Convention was to discuss among other things the future of the Association, elect new corps of officers and identify sources of support for the people of Grand Cape Mount County.

At the Convention, new corps of officers were elected to administer the organization for the next two years. Those elected were: Abraham G. Massaley-National President; Dr. H. Momo Fahnbulleh- National Vice President; Abu Zoeduah- Secretary General; Kandakai Sherman-Assistant Secretary General, Mrs. Mabasi Paasewe-Totimeh- National Treasurer; Mrs. Mamusu Sirleaf Cole- Program Coordinator; Armah Fahnbulleh- Auditor General and Nathaniel Wesley- National Chaplain. On that same day, the newly elected officers were inducted into office by Hon. I. Rimise Williams, former Member of the House of Representatives from Grand Cape Mount County at a well attended Convention Banquet.

In order to mobilize and involve Cape Mountainians in the decision-making process of the Association, the new administration convened a National Leadership Conference in Trenton, New Jersey on October 30, 2004. The objective of this Conference was to formulate plans and strategies as to how Cape Mount citizens in the United States can galvanize support and resources for the re-construction of their home county in Liberia. The conference was also intended to discuss and identify development projects and programs to be undertaken by NACA in our home county. The Conference was attended by a cross-section of Cape Mount Citizens residing in several states across the country.

At that Leadership Conference, the National Leadership through its president announced the formation of a Council of Eminent Cape Mountainians in the Americas. The council consists of prominent citizens of Grand Cape Mount County residing in the United States who have rendered valuable contributions to Liberia, the county and or the Association.

Council of Eminent Cape Mountainians

• Mrs. Gladys Johnson- Former President of NACA
• Prof. Abraham James
• Ambassador T. Siafa Sherman
• Dr. S. Jabaru Carlon
• Hon. Alphonso Kawah
• Hon. I. Remesia Williams
• Mr. Arthur Chenoweth
• Mr. Abraham Nyei
• Dr. Mihammed Nyei
• Ambassador Willie Givens
• Mrs. Cecelia Freeman Bull and,
• Ambassador James B. Freeman

Terms of Reference

The council shall serve as an advisory to the National Administration and shall help the National Administration in seeking assistance and support for the people of Grand Cape Mount County. The Council may intervene to resolve conflicts and disputes that may tend to undermine the effectiveness of the organization.

Ladies and gentlemen, while still look forward to the full and active participation of all members of the council, we are very pleased to report that some members have demonstrated total commitment to NACA and continue to be active with our Association. They are Mrs. Gladys Johnson, professor Abraham L. James, Ambassador T. Siafa Sherman, Dr. S. Jabaru Carlon and Mr. Alphonso Kawah. Because of the outstanding roles of these six elders, the National Administration on May 7, 2005 honored them for their dedicated services to our Association and County. We do hope that all Cape Mountainians in the Americas will encourage those who have not got involved with NACA, to become active in NACA so that together we can provided much needed assistance to our people. True, we all can individually help our relatives and friends back home. True, we all can be active with our district, town or other organizations of Cape Mountainians. And NACA will remain very supportive of such organizations like the Mano River Association in the Americas that is doing a very fine job in that part of our county. But the fact is that those organizations do not have a broader mandate to provide assistance to all of Grand Cape Mount County. This is why we believe that is is extremely important for all Cape Mount citizens residing in the United States to strengthen NACA so that it can play meaningful role in helping citizens and residents of Grand Cape Mount County.

It is in recognition of this fact that today, we are happy to honor our elder, Mr. James Lumei and to announce his membership on the Council of Eminent Cape Mountainians in the Americas. Since Mr. Lumei was informed about this organization, he has been very much supportive and involved with all of its activities. Mr. Lumei, today, NACA honors you for your services to our suffering people of Grand Cape Mount County. Before we go further, let me share with you a statement made by one of our elder statesmen and a respected Cape Mountainian. Ambassador T. Siafa Sherman called me in August to inquire from me where to send his annual dues and money the ticket he received for the Dinner for Cape Mount Schools. I gave him the information. He said that he was going to mail his check right away because he knows that it would take money to organize this convention and he therefore wanted to send his contribution in advance in order to help with the planning. But what entice me most was the commitment from Ambassador Sherman that even if he had to draw his bones to this convention, he would do so. Ambassador Sherman told me of the pains and illness but renewed his commitment to serve NACA and Cape Mount even under the worst of circumstances. Today, we salute Ambassador Sherman.

At the Trenton National Leadership Conference, the administration announced the formation of seven Standing Committees, and eleven Organizing Committees charged with the responsibilities of organizing NACA chapters in their states or regions. The Cape Mount Association in Georgia was the only Cape organization operating even before the November 2003 revitalization of the National Association. The Standing and Organizing Committees are:
Ways and Means Committee

• Maima Massaley Dahn- Chairperson
• Clarence Paasewe Co- Chairperson
• Hawa Kpakah- Member
• Clarence S. Faikai - Member
• Bai Dordor Kannek - Member

Membership and Welfare Committee
• Armah Massaquoi - Chairperson
• Elfreda S. Kamara-Vice Chair
• Samuel K. Massaley, II
• J. Mohammed Buxton
• Sedia Sherman

Social Affairs Committee
• Ellen Zoe Fahnbulleh Togba- Chair
• Jayah Kamara – Vice Chairperson
• Mohammed Massaley- Member
• Sabaina Kamara Harris
• Venus Tunis- Member

Planning Committee
• Soliman V. Kamara- chairperson
• D. Sonni King, Jr. Vice Chairman
• Abdullah Kiatamba - Member
• Seku Freeman - Member
• Bernice Freeman Alpha - Member

Health Committee
• Dr. Henry Konuwa- Chairman
• Catherine Khasu _ Co-Chairman
• Patrick Russ- Member
• Cllr. Emmanual James - Member
• Michael Kemokai- Member

Education Committee
• Mrs. Satta Carlon Taylor- Chairperson
• Samuel Cooke- Vice Chairman
• Momo S. Kamara- Member
• Boakai Korgbe - Member
• Gayah Fahnbulleh- Member

Publicity Committee
• Gardea V. Woodson - Chairperson
• Dao Freeman Co-Chairperson
• Hassan Kiawu- Member
• Alphonsine Kawah- Member
• James Seitua - Member

As mentioned supra, the following Organizing Chapters were announced at the Trenton Leadership Conference:

• Minnesota/ Wisconsin headed by Samuel Cooke
• Indiana headed by Maima Massaley Dahn
• Maryland/Washington DC Area headed by Hawah Kpakah
• Texas headed by Dr. Henry Konuwa
• New England headed by Chief Bai Dordor Karneh
• New York headed by Jumah Gray Brumskine
• Delaware Valley Area headed by Boima Pusah
• Michigan headed by Sedia Sherman
• Ohio headed by Stanley Kamara, Sr.
• North/South Carolina headed by Mohammed Massaley
• Virginia then headed by Armah Massaquio

The people of Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC later requested to merge into one chapter. Hence, Ms Hawah Kpakah became Chair of that Chapter with Mr. Armah Massaquoi as Vice Chair.

Today, we are very pleased to report that NACA chapters have been officially established in all of the states and regions named above except for Ohio. We are still pressing with our efforts to have Ohio organized. We call on Cape Mount citizens from Ohio and those who have relatives and friends in Ohio from Cape Mount to help us in getting the proposed Ohio chapter organized. We congratulate the then organizing heads including Chief Bai Dordor Karneh who was elected President of New England, Mrs. Maima Massaley Dahn of Indiana, Mrs. Jumah Gray Brumskine of new York, Mr. Mohammed Massaley of North Carolina, MS Hawah Kpakah of the Metro Chapter, Mr. Samuel Cooke of Minnesota Chapter, Dr. Henry Konuwa of Texas, Ms Sedia Sherman of Michigan and Mr. Boima Pusah of the Delaware Valley Chapter comprising of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. All of these chapters have reported that they have met and established their chapters and their leaderships. By the same token, we wish to announce that the Cape Mount Association in Georgia headed by Mr. Dwight Harvey is now a full fledged member of NACA, and has been very supportive and involved with the National Association since it entered NACA more seven months ago. We wish to commend Mr. Dwight Harvey for demonstrating leadership in this effort.

Immediately after the Trenton National Leadership Conference, a teleconference was organized by the Executive Committee to bring together members of the Council of Eminent Cape Mountainians, Chairpersons and Co-Chairpersons of all Standing Committees and officers of the Organizing Chapters to discuss the project for Grand Cape Mount County. This First teleconference of the Association was held on December 15, 2004. It was agreed at that conference that the Project, "The Revitalization of the Health Delivery Services of Grand Cape Mount County” be implemented in three phases as indicated below.

• Phase One: Renovation of the Outpatient Unit at the St. Timothy Hospital
• Phase Two: Re-opening of the Outpatient
• Phase Three:Training of 50 Wid-wives

Because the Association did not have enough funds to commence this project, it was agreed also at this Teleconference that each Executive Member pay an amount of $200.00 and all officers of the various Standing Committees and Organizing Chapters pay $125.00 each to facilitate NACA to embark on phase one of the Cape Mount project. The names of those who paid toward this special contribution are reflected in the financial report.

As a result of the Trenton Leadership Conference, in November 2004, we commissioned an assessment mission to Cape Mount headed by Hon. Edison Gbana, Member of the National Transitional Legislative Assembly from Grand Cape Mount County to identify areas that NACA health priorities in the county. In his hand written report submitted to NACA, Hon. Gbana accentuated the urgent need to re-open the outpatient unit at St. Timothy. Training of mid wives was also identified by the county heath team as another priority area.

In January 2oo5, we engaged in discussions with the County Superintendent, Hon. David Kiazolu to begin formulating plans for these projects. We agreed to constitute an independent committee that will serve as our liaison in Liberia for all our health projects. Accordingly, on January 16, 2005, at another teleconference, we announced the formation of a Home Based Implementation Committee to assist NACA implement its projects in Grand Cape Mount County. The following Cape Mount Citizens residing in Liberia were named to serve the on NACA Home Based Implementation Committee. They are:

• Mohammed Sombia, Head of the Cape Mount Health Team--Chairman
• Dr. Lydon Mabande
• Foday Kaitamba
• Boimah Mesgar
• Andrew Hoff, St. Timothy Hospital Administrator-- Treasurer
• Ms. Alpha, Assistant Health Coordinator, Gd. Cape Mt.
• Hon. David Kiazolu -Superintendent, Ex- Officio

Phase one of the project commenced on March 15, 2005 and was completed in the early May of 05. Renovation work was carried out in the building designated for outpatient services at St. Timothy, including the provision of benches, chairs, office desks, typewriter, and stationery. Phase Two of the project included the setting up of a small staff of five, the provision of drugs/medications, hospital supplies and equipment. Interestingly, the Outpatient unit of the St. Timothy Hospital was re-opened on July 3, 2005 to the public, for the first time since the outbreak of war in Liberia about 14 years ago. According to reports received from Mr. Andrew Hoff, administrator at the Hospital, and an independent investigator, on a given day, between 30 and 40 patients are served at the hospital every day. NACA is providing monthly honoraria to the hospital staff which includes an administrator, a nurse, professional mid wife, a security and handyman. NACA is responsible for the entire operation at the hospital including the provision of free drugs/medications, and other supplies. We do intend to continue running the hospital until the Liberian government can take. What matters to us is service to our people, and we feel that no service is critical now than health delivery to our people.

The last phase of our health project in Cape Mount was the training of Mid-wives. We are also pleased to report that we were able to provide sponsorship for the training of mid wives in Teinni, Grand Cape Mount County from August 2-9, 2005. Twenty Eight women from all four districts including Porkpa, Tewor, Garwula and Gola Konneh as well as Tombay including Robertsport were trained and certificated as mid wives. The training lasted for five days and met the training standards for mid-wives set forth by the Ministry of Health, Republic of Liberia. The trainers came from the Health Ministry in Monrovia. At the end of the training, NACA provided health kits to the participants which included basic medical items, pens and ledger to record births in our towns and villages. The mid wifery training was undertaken because of reports of complications at birth in some towns and villages in our county. In some of these instances, lives have been lost in our county from the lack of basic things. We do hope that the August training was the beginning to get more women trained as mid wives in our county. Another thing we do hope to achieve from the training is documenting births in our towns and villages. This has been a serious problem and some of us here today are victims of this problem, to the extent that birthdays have not been accurately reported in our county and the entire country. Hopefully, this pilot project will go a long way in solving this age old problem in our country. Additionally, we were also able to provide funding to the county leadership to undertake a clean up campaign in Robertsport.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are also pleased to report that the National Association of Cape Mountainians in the Americas organized a major fund raiser to mobilize resources for our activities in Grand Cape Mount County. The Donor’s Conference for the Health Care Delivery Services in Grand Cape Mount County was organized on May 7, 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The chapters that fully participated in that event were New England, Georgia, North Carolina, Indiana, the Metro Chapter, New York and host, Delaware Valley. Although the attendance was below projection, the outcome was beyond imagination. We were able to raise more than $8,000.00 in cash and nearly $2,000.00 in pledges totally about $10,000.00. At that fund raiser, it was made clear again that although number matters but commitment is the most important. When even a few people are committed to a cause, they can pull great surprises, and this was what we did at that Donor’s Conference. Our sincere gratitude goes to all those who contributed to this worthy cause. The names of donors are listed in the financial report which will be published on the web and circulated here today.

Fellow Cape Mountainians, we are also pleased to report that the National Association of Cape Mountainians in the Americas now has its own web site. the web address is www.capemountusa.org. This was also a project identified at the Trenton Leadership Conference. We further wish to announce that we have also established a quarter newsletter, Cape Mount News. We have undertaken these ventures because we believe that information and communication play vital roles in getting people involved in initiatives. The more people are informed, the better they will be able to participate. You may contact the Publicity Committee or the NACA secretarial to get subscription for the newsletter.

When the founders of this Association came together, they were fully cognizant of the fact that most of us are away from loved ones and family members. They knew than as we know now that Cape Mountianains must care for one another in this country just as our people back home show care and concern for one another. Against this backdrop, in February of this year, NACA established a Membership Incentive Package for all Cape Mountainians in the United States. Under the package, NACA and its chapters will identify with fellow Cape Mountain citizens in the event of death and other unfortunate events, and also during times of family celebrations such as wedding ceremonies, anniversaries, graduations, etc. The NACA Membership Committee is responsible to fully implement this membership incentive benefit. Under the benefit, Cape Mountainians will be encouraged to enhance our networking and social contacts. The membership Committee and the secretarial are now in the process of developing a database of Cape Mountainians in the United States. Full details of the benefit package are published on the Cape Mount web site.

One immediate benefit of this package allows Cape Mountainians to publish announcements and events on our own web site for little or nothing. We have one of the best if not the best Liberian web sites in this country. I have yet to see any web site that beats ours. But the site is being underutilized. We hear about so many Cape Mount events, mainly by way of mouth. This is good. But in this age of technology, we must go beyond our traditional way and further improve upon our method of information sharing. Let us begin to put our death announcements, our weddings, our feasts, our baby showers, our anniversaries and other events on the Cape Mount site, and let us also begin to frequently visit the site to read about events in our communities and in our county. As a further incentive, today we are pleased to announce that Cape Mountainians will publish announcements and events on the site free of charge for the next six months. We will also publish all information materials from NACA chapters free of charge. The Membership Committee is requested to begin herewith to send out birthday greetings to our members, using the Cape Mount web site. We will also place for free, information from all regional, district and town associations operating in this country, comprising of Cape Moutainians. The good news is that even people in Liberia can access our web site.

At the last convention, we were mandated to ensure the adoption of a new NACA Constitution. Consequently, we reconstituted the Constitution Commission and appointed Mr. Alphonso Kawah as Chairman. The Committee has been working tirelessly. As a result, we have published the revised draft constitution on the Cape Mount web site. This convention will vote on the final version of the document today. If approved, we will have a new NACA constitution by today. By all standard, 2005 has been a good year for NACA. The only downside has been our annaul dues. We urge you to pay your annual due of $100.00 on time. At our last teleconference with chapter leaders, we decided to discout the annual dues for 2005, in consideration of this convention. But the due remains at $100.00 for 2006 and beyond.

Proposals

As we enter the second year of our administration, we have outlined programs and activities which we intend to undertake here and in Grand Cape Mount County. After series of consultations with the county leadership and others, we are proposing that NACA undertake the following projects in the coming year:

Road Rehabilitation

Although cost intensive, we believe that nothing is now more pressing in Cape Mount than upgrading the road network. There are towns that are completely inaccessible during the raining season. The flow of traffic to other areas such as Robertsport is even threatened during the peak of the raining season. Obviously, such situation disrupts many activities in the county. This is a real challenge faced by our people, and this is why we must do something to assist where possible.

Therefore, we are proposing that NACA seeks to undertake, in collaboration with other organizations, the construction of a bridge over a creek on the Robertsport Highway. This creek is situated about a 1000 feet from Madina. We are told that some work has been done by the peacekeepers to facilitate the flow of traffic but we believe that a permanent solution must be sought. We are also proposing the construction of a bridge on the Konja creek on the Mano River Road to connect the people of Mano River and adjacent areas to the rest of the county especially during the raining season. It was a pity for me to watch a video from Mano River in May 2005 in which the inhabitants complained that during the raining season, they get their goods from Sierra Leone because they are completely disconnected from the rest of the country. This video taken by the Mano River Association in the Americas highlighted the urgent need for us to do something. Today, we pledge that NACA will do something. The County Superintendent had also informed us about the urgent need to build a bridge over a creek near Gbesseh, on the Teinnii-Sarwelor Highway. We would also like to construct this bridge.

While these projects may sound very ambitious, together we can find a way to do something. Against this backdrop, we have been consulting with the county leadership to explore the possibilities of getting the peacekeepers assigned in the county to provide the technical expertise and equipment to do these jobs. If all goes well, what we will need is to provide the needed materials. Already, we have steel, crushed rock and other items in Cape Mount that will be needed to do these jobs. What we will hopefully do is to get these items to the construction sites and to purchase other needed items such as cement. The Mano River Association in the Americas has expressed interest in forming partnership with NACA in building the bridge over Konja Creek. We will also be pleased to work with other groups in building the other two bridges. When these projects are completed, Cape Mountainains will be able to freely travel throughout the length and breadth of the county, even during the peak of the raining season.
Another project we are proposing is the establishment of a clinic in Tewor District. We have been informed by the Superintendent and the county health team that there is no clinic operating in Tewor District. Unfortunately, Tewor is the only district in the county without a clinic, according to the county health team. This is a health challenge to our people, and we have a responsibility to help. The county leadership and the health team will determine where in Tewor the clinic will be most needed.

We are also proposing the establishment of tools workshops in the four district headquarters. Beginning with Gola Konneh, we do hope to provide power saw and other building tools in each of the districts for use by our people. Towns and villages will have the option to borrow these items within a certain time frame and return them to the workshops after their use. We want to ensure that those who need building tools to roof their houses or install their doors, will have them available, at no cost.

We are also proposing today, a NACA scholarship fund to benefit Cape Mount citizens at the University of Liberia. Our Education committee will work with the Cape Mount Association at the University of Liberia to provide scholarships to needy students on a semester basis. NACA will also adopt schools in Grand Cape Mount County for a limited period of time. When a school is adopted by us, we will provide honoraria for teachers, educational materials and sporting items to that school, depending on our act of given. Periodically, NACA, through our Education Committee will identify the schools in the four districts. The Committee will encourage Cape Mount citizens and others to sponsor Cape Mount students at the University of Liberia and to provide at least one month honoraria to teachers in schools NACA will adopt. Our social Affairs Committee will also work with district officials to undertake recreational programs for our children in Cape Mount. Our goal is to establish an annual countywide soccer league in Cape Mount beginning 2006. Major towns in our districts and Robertsport will be encouraged to participate in this competition.

Finally, we are recommending to the county administration to name the streets in Robertsport, as a first step in zoning our city. In this regard, we are committing NACA to provide the name signs for streets in Robersport. We will also work with the county administration in reconditioning the streets in Robertsport.

Now, the big question is about funding. Where do we get money to undertake all of these projects? Cape Mountainians, about few months ago, we thought it was unrealistic to re-open the outpatient unit at St. Timothy and to undertake training of mid wives in our county. Today, these are realities. We did it together and we can do it again. Against this backdrop, we are announcing that all Cape Mountainians in the Americas annually contribute $100.00 each toward the re-construction of our county, beginning in 2005. We call on all NACA chapters to immediately launch this fund drive in their local areas. NACA will host a Reconstruction Conference in 2006 for Grand Cape Mount County, in support of the projects named supra. The date and city will be announced later. But let me state here that we are very determined to build the three bridges we have identified, before the next raining season in Liberia, and we will definitely need your help.

Before I end this report, I like to recognize the invaluable efforts by some of our citizens who have gone beyond the call of duty to help NACA and Cape Mount. Mr.Armah Massaquoi of Virginia has been of tremendous support to our organization, and for this I must publicly congratulate him. It was Armah who first thought about the idea of revamping NACA in 2003 and who got some of us onboard with this effort. Since then, Armah has substantially contributed his money and time to NACA. Mr. Massaquoi was very instrumental in establishing our web site and the NACA Metro Chapter. He constantly calls almost on a weekly basis to find out how he can help NACA to succeed. He ha mounted pressure on me to put together information materials to give to other Cape Mountainians, with the hope of enlisting their support. Frankly, Mr. Mr.Massaquoi has great passion for his home county, and we are very grateful for his support.

Let me also publicly commend Mr. William Lawhorn, a former peace corps volunteer assigned in Cape Mount for his support to NACA. I received several messages last year from Liberians in the Philadelphia area about Bill’s interest in Cape Mount. Mr. Lawhorn did not rest until he contact us to express his desire to be active with NACA. To date, Mr. Lawhorn has paid in full his 2005 annual membership due of $100.00 and was the first to register online at our website as NACA member. Mr. Lawhorn is so far the single highest individual contributor to NACA. Last month, he donated $200.00 to NACA, through our web site. We are pleased today to appoint William Lawhorn as member of the Education Committee of NACA. We do hope that he will work with Mrs. Satta Carlon Taylor and others on the committee in meeting our educational goals in Cape Mount.

The final group of individuals I would like to honor is the NACA national administration. I like to draw particular attention to Dr. H. Boima Fahnbulleh, National Vice President, Mr. Abu Zoeduah, Secretary General and Mrs. Flora Mabasi Paasewe Totimeh. These individuals have great passion for our county. I am convinced that they would go out of their way to do anything possible in helping Cape Mount. There is not time I would call on any of them and they would not be there to assist. When we wanted the Georgia Association to come onboard, it took just a phone call to Dr. Fahnbulleh for him to volunteer to visit Atlanta, at his own expense, to ensure that Georgia was onboard. We are now like one family. I greatly appreciate their support. I talk with these people almost on a weekly basis. Sometimes I will call and in most instances, they will do the calling. Most times, Dr. Fahnbulleh would call to find out about my personal wellbeing and about NACA. Abu and I have also developed a very special relationship. Mabasi and her husband have opened their doors to me, and I feel very pleased when I am in their company. We have developed respect for one another. We do disagree but our disagreements have only strengthened our relationship. This is very unusual about many Liberian organizations. My conclusion is that the officers were elected last year have great passion for our county and people.

Conclusion

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all Cape Mountainians residing in the Americas for their moral and financial support, which has enabled the National Administration to fulfill its mandate for 2005. We were able to complete the first, second and third phases of the County's Health Revitalization Project just in time before the 2005 Convention. We also like to say a big thank you to our Home Based Implementation Committee especially to Mr. Foday Kiatamba, for their hard work, which has helped NACA to reach out to our people back home in these difficult times. Our greatest thanks go to the County Administration, through the Superintendent, Hon. David kiazolu for their cooperation. Hon Kiazolu has been remarkable in his support, and without his intervention, we would not have been able to undertake all the projects in Cape Mount. For his reason, we extended invitation to Hon Kiazolu to join us today at this gathering of Cape Mountainians. We are very pleased that he is with us in this gathering. This is the kind of team work that we want to see among us Cape Mountainians. Let us not be concerned about taking the credit. When we all work together, we all take the credit and all of our people in Cape Mount benefit.

You will please find attached the 2005 financial report of NACA. May the God that we serve continue to bless the works of our hand. I thank you.