In an effort to help underprivileged Liberians back home, a Liberian who is currently making headways in the security sector in the United States of America (USA), is doing all in his weak ways aimed at impacting the lives of his people. Accordingly, as law enforcement officers, it is part of their responsibilities to be in full readiness to respond to issues in the various communities, but one local Deputy is making sure that not only does he care for people in the Midlands, but also people back in his Motherland (Liberia). Master Deputy, Thomas Browne, who is currently with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department, escaped the war-torn country in 1989 at the age of six years. While his day job allows him to give back to those who have helped him along the way to the US, he has not forgotten where he came from, stating that the best way an individual can give back to his people is to offer some kind of assistance, because according to him, going to the US was not all by himself, but the act of God and other people who helped to opened the doors for him. Escaping the civil war in 1989, Browne went to Columbia, South Carolina from Liberia, making stops in Pennsylvania and Tennessee, thus committing his life to giving back to his motherland because of the good reception he received upon his arrival in the US. He has done just that from majoring in Criminal Justice, to joining the military and now as a Sheriff’s Deputy, however, he does not just want to make an impact in the US alone. “When our (Liberia) civil war started, it was very brutal. After all of the assistance we got from the American government and other counties that came to our aid and all that stuff, I felt that the best way that I could give back the moment I touch the soil of the United States, was to offer my services as a way of saying thank you for what you did for me,” he said. According to him, some of the things that people in the United States take for granted like shoes, clothing’s, water, food among others, are actually things that people in Liberia hold in high esteem, because they lacks them as have to struggled on a daily basis just to find food to eat. With the help of donations from folks in the Midlands, Deputy Sheriff’s Brown has shipped some much-needed items back to Liberia. “It is like people in rural Liberia are cutoff from civilization, because they have to walk for three to four hours just to get to a clinic and that in my mind is very bad in this time and age for our people,” he said. He continues: “So, we try to gather some of those basic things that people need like clothes, shoes, stationary, pencil, paper, coloring books and all of that, because you never know who is in need of them.” The Richland County Deputy Sheriff’s is currently in the process of putting together another shipment before the end of the year, thereby encouraging people in the US, who have the chance to impact another person’s life to do so for underprivileged Liberians. “It was just amazing seeing the smile and joy on the on the faces of the people. The reception that we got from them after they received the basic items was so great. The thing is, as a person, if you are in a position to open doors for another person, that is the best thing to do, you know, be that gateway to someone else’s hope and future,” he said. Macpherson C. Marbiah writes/0886442882-0777250370
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