The Home of the Blind in the Chicken Soup Factory community is crying out for urgent help from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Ministry of Public Works as they face worsening environmental conditions and destroyed roads.
Visually impaired residents say their lives have been turned upside down by recent flooding that swept through their homes, ruining everything they own — including food, clothes, and school materials. The community blames the disaster on a massive factory being built by an Indian company identified as ABI Jaoudi Group of Company
A giant size fence blocked the natural waterway, which they say has blocked all drainage systems.
“The water came into our homes and washed everything away. We have nothing left,” the President of the United Blind Association Wilfred Geewon told DN News. He added: “All our food and books were ruined because of the big fence they built.”
For his part the Principal of the United Blind Academy Stanley Swen said the heavy equipment and construction vehicles used by the company also destroyed the only road leading to their school and homes, cutting them off from essential services and support.
“We are begging — please help us before we die,” pleaded the President of the Renovated Office and Residence of the United Blind Association of Liberia (UBAD).Geewon added: “We are suffering in silence, and no one is listening.”
When DN News tried contacting ABI Jaoudi company for response, the contractors on the ground disclosed that their Boss who owns the factory is away in India.
The community, already living with disability, now faces homelessness, hunger, and fear — simply because their voices have gone unheard. They are calling on the government to act before it is too late.
