Football For Hope Makes Big Donation!
-As Fear Grabs LFA

By Roland M. Mulbah rolandmulbah@liberiansoccer.com 

A sport driven organization, Football for Hope, headed by three ardent followers of contemporary football, Watanga FC president, Mr. Musa H. Bility, LISCR FC president, Mr. Mustapha I. Raji and Watanga FC Senior Vice President, Mr. G.Andy Quamie, have made big donation to the eight sub committees of the Liberia Football Association (LFA).

During the course of last week, Football for hope donated eighty thousand Liberian Dollars (80,000.00 LD) and 40 footballs to the eight sub committees as a way of enhancing youth soccer development as well as easing some of the problems faced by the sub Committees.

Speaking to this paper shortly after the huge donation, Football for Hope Executive Secretary, G. Andy Quamie said his organization has bigger donations to make in the interest of Liberian football as well as creating the atmosphere where young Liberian footballers will take playing football as a career and not just a hobby.

‘The donation to the eight sub Committees is the beginning of bigger donations from Football for Hope in the interest of Liberian football.

“We want our players to take football as a career and not just a hobby. We are also creating an atmosphere where our players will be taken to Europe and other parts of the world to seek professional contracts,” Mr. Quamie noted.

Football for Hope has been hailed by sports enthusiasts around the country including the Chairman of West Clara Sub Committee, Mr. Edward Brooks.

Mr. Brooks described the donation as a goodwill gesture that would go a long way in easing some of the problems faced by sub-committees.

The long term follower of Liberian Football has called on other organizations to emulate the fine example of Football for Hope as the organization aims to improve Liberian football.

 It can be recollected recently in Monrovia, Football for Hope donated football boots as well as footballs to the fourteen female clubs of LFA in order to commence the female league.

It can be recalled the LFA refused to helped female clubs with materials to commence their league, but the donations from Football for Hope allowed them to begin their league.

There are reports that Football for Hope, which is headed by Mr. Musa H. Bility, wants to contest the LFA elections in March, 2010 and the idea has been welcomed by many Liberians.

Meanwhile, what can be describe as fear has grabbed the leadership of the LFA where the current leadership issued a press release stating that some individuals are carrying on campaign ahead of the LFA March, 2010 elections.

It seems the current leadership, headed by some infants of contemporary football as well as administratively erratic and lackluster individuals have seen Football for Hope a major force in the March, 2010 LFA elections, which the current president, Cllr. Sombo Izetta Wesley, described in many quarters as visionless and inept leader wants to contest for the second time.