Annie Kollie

My name is Annie Y. Kollie, age 30 and a single mother now residing in Totota, Bong County, Liberia I am a mother of two children (girls) whose father died in 2009 in Firestone, Harbel, Margibi County-Liberia. My children father left the home on one faithful morning during the early hour of the day in search of food for the family. The area by then was occupied by Ex-combatants of various warren factions, who were in hunt for food and practicing cannibalism. My children father did not return home that day or night. Being so concern of about his return, I alarmed in the community so a search teams were placed in the nearby bushes to search for him. After five days search, his corpse was discovered in a river called DU, about ten miles away from the town where we lived. His mutilated body was then taken away from the river by the search teams and then buried. It was later discovered that, these ex-combatants killed my children father for ritual purpose. After two year and a half in Firestone with my children after the death of their father, I decided to relocate in Totota, Bong County with my children to one of my uncle. Since then, my two daughters (Sangai Kollie-12years, and Helena Kollie -8years) have been left with me without a father. I am an eleventh grade student. Presently in school and just got promoted to the 12th grade. Sanagi Kollie got promoted to the 4th grade while Helena to the 1st grade. As a single mother, it has been very difficult fetching for food while looking for tuitions for my kids. Most of the time I have to go out every weekend to sell for my friends to get provisions for my two kids and me. Many days, they are sent out of school for tuitions and other fees, like while myself. Actually, life is now like a struggle for survival for me and my beloved kids. We are barely surviving by the grace of God. Thanks and stay bless.