Legal Consultants:
Heb Daley, Esq
Counselor Jerome Verdier
Financial Consultant:
Robert N. Matthews, CPA
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Jallah M. Kennedy
President
Dorbor Kolubah Kabbah
Vice President for
Administration
Rufus Tartee
Vice President for
Operation
Alice Kear
General Secretary
Matilda Davies
Assistant General
Secretary
Evangeline Kebbeh Acquoi
Treasurer
Elizabeth Paye
Financial Secretary
Jackie Yoko
Chaplain
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Agnes
Dagbe
Barbara  J.
Pinnock
Glenn
Cooper
Thomas
Acquoi
Sarah     D.
Amara
Mary       T.
Bropleh
Dr. Celsus
Ebba
We are graduates, former students, staff and affiliates of TNIMA and the health care community in Liberia
and the USA. The TNIMA Association in a 501(c)(3) non-profit professional healthcare organization
incorporated in the  State of New Jersey.

a)         Standardized healthcare training programs.
b)         Provide basic healthcare materials and equipment for the institution’s need.  
c)        Provide educational opportunities and information dissemination to our members.
d)        Seek the welfare of our members.

Our members include Environmental Health Technicians, Laboratory Technicians, Lawyers, License Practical
Nurses, Medical Doctors, Midwives, Physician Assistants, Radiology (X-Ray) Technicians, Registered Nurses
and Social Workers.

Objectives are:
  • Standardized healthcare training programs.
  • Provide basic healthcare materials and equipment for the institution’s need.  
  • Provide educational opportunities and information dissemination to our members.
  • Seek the welfare of our members.
  • Coordinate with other organizations and institutions to provide services to our members  and TNIMA

The association sprouted from the ideas of nearly every members living in the United States of America as a
platform to reach one another and reflect the glory of our beloved institution. The primary focus is to unify us
everywhere in the spirit of reaching back to our alma mater. Our membership now spans from the USA to
Canada, Chad, Germany, Great Britain, Liberia, Norway and Sweden.

In August 2004, a group of TNIMA graduates; former students and staff spoke with each other about forming a
body that will bring all TNIMA affiliates together. The idea had seeded in the minds of a lot of people for many
years but due to circumstances, a unified body could not be brought into being. Some graduates had even
formed themselves into units but were mostly restricted to those they had acquaintance with e.g., graduated
from the same school; attended during the same time period; or resided close to each other.

Following a meeting of Mrs. Sarah Amara (former Director of the School of Physician Assistant and current
member of the Board of Directors of this Association) with Dorbor Kolubah Kabah, Rufus and Ruth Tartee and
other graduates, Jallah Kennedy was approached about forming a ‘TNIMA group’. Frank Martin, Tarlo Garmo,
David Wilson, Moses Yoko, Mitchell Dorbor, Ellen James, Lewis Weiah, Musu Amara Blama, Argbah Momolu,
Garmai Korboi, Nathaniel Dawonde, Catherine Belleh and others were consulted. Several suggestions were
brought forward geared toward establishing a mean that would bring the idea into being. Telephone mini-
conferences were started via individual cells phones and long distance lines. Membership rose between
August 2004 and October 2004 from about 15 persons to 75. Names of graduates, former students and staffs
were shared and contacts made. We have tried to reach everyone for whom contact information are available.
So far, only two persons have declined to join the association. Nationwide (USA) teleconferences began on
October 10,2004 and followed mostly on the second Sunday of each month thereafter. By November 2004,
membership had risen to around 150 including 6 persons from Canada, Sweden, Norway, UK and Germany.
Some graduates from Europe and Liberia, including Mr. John Dorbor (the current Registrar of TNIMA) served as
participants during one or more of the conference calls.  Current membership listing is over 330. Please review
the
membership listing. There are many members for whom contact information are not available. If you need
information about any of the names or to give information about other graduates, please contact us by clicking
on the
CONTACT US page.

Considering the diversity of members and the need to include everyone, the group was named the TNIMA
Association. This incorporates all graduates, former students and staffs. Associate and honorary membership
was also created to include other health workers as well as the spouses of members and those with vested
interest in the Association and the healthcare educational system in Liberia and beyond.

In order to create other means of mass communications, bulk email listings were created which currently
contains 144 persons. This was followed by the purchasing of this website. The website has become a
proliferate means of communication and interaction. Our official email address is
tnimamembers@tnima.org.  

The costs associated with the formation, organization and travel has been exclusively voluntary.

It is our hope that we will work together to organized this association in order to have an impact on activities at
our alma mater, TNIMA. We will also be able to have a unified voice when dealing with the institution for
documentations PARTICULARLY TRANSCRIPTS AND VERIFICATIONS for such procedures as NURSING
STATE BOARD REGISTRATION, COLLEGE APPLICATIONS and EXCHANGES amongst others.

Please make it your utmost effort to reach other members so that we can continue to have massive
participations since crucial decisions are being made.

The pictures of Jallah Kennedy and David Wilson  are shown below. We hope that others will provide their photo
(s) in order to create a
photo gallery. If you are sending your photo, please include some basic information such
as years of attendance/graduation and your name at that time, some classmates, your school, and any other
biographic information. Please mail your information to:
Jallah Kennedy
539 Constitution Court
Galloway, NJ 08205
Your can also email the picture to
tnimamembers@tnima.org

We are also in the process of collecting home addresses for the purposes of doing mass paper mailing and
improving our database.
To easily send your address, click on the
CONTACT US page and fill in your information or use other contact
media
.
CHAPTER
CHAIRPERSONS
Caimasa Ben Corneh
New England (USA)
Frank Martin
Tri-State (USA)
Nathaniel
Dawonde-Gbembo
Georgia (USA)
Moses Yoko
Minnesota (USA)
Amanda Gbanyan
Western (USA)
Jomah Z. Kollie
Liberia
Koo Yelegon Joseph
Europe[Acting]
Abraham Kollison
Mid-West (USA)[Acting]
Moses Boyce
Metropolitan(USA)[Acting]
Complete list of Chapter
officials including those who
were recently elected in
Liberia will be posted soon.
COMMITTEES
CHAIRPERSONS
Mitchell Dorbor
Public Affairs
Frank Martin
McDonald Kpadeh
Education
Moses Yoko
Ways and Means
Solomon Nah
Ethics and Code of Conduct
Beatrice Wesseh
Nathaniel Dawonde
Membership and General
Welfare

PROGRAM COORDINATOR
B.PYNE  BERTSCHE
We are glad to welcome
Mrs. Ruth E.(Brown)
Beecher, former Peace
Corp Nurse,  Director of
Nursing at JFK and
Instructor at TNIMA.
She is now retired with
residence in Florida. She
can be reached at this
email:  LtREB@isp.com

Several of our members
including Boakai Ngaima  
Miatta Gbanya, Jomah
Kollie and Dr. Moses
Massaquoi have/are
serving as expertraits in
other African Countries.
Miatta  and Jomah are in
Democratic Republic of
Congo and Tanzania
respectively.

WE ALL LIKE TO EXPRESS
SPECIAL APPRECIATION
TO ESTHER NEUFVILLE  
AND  B. PYNE BERTSHE
FOR THEIR EFFORTS
WHILE IN MONROVIA
REGARDING THE CHAIR
PRESENTATION. PLEASE
SEE BELOW THE SPEECH
GIVEN AT THE
PRESENTATION AND
POSTINGS ON THE
INTERNET FROM LIBERIAN
MEDIA.
Jallah Kennedy                                                   David Wilson
The Tubman National Institute of Medical
Arts (TNIMA) Association Inc.
The following METROPOLITAN CHAPTER
members were elected on June 10,2007
during their first meeting  to serve in interim
positions:
Moses Boyce       
Chair

Garmai Korboi     Co-Chair

Julia Hance         Secretary

Patrinia Vamboi   Treasurer

Charleslyn Bryant  Financial                           
Secretary
Mary Harrington   Chaplain

We are happy to welcome Moses Massaquoi,
PA, MD, MPH who is an expatriate in Malawi
with MSF-Belguim. Dr. Massaquoi has
continue to be a role model and inspiration to
many fellow TNIMA graduates and students
as well as other healthcare workers in
Liberia and abroad.


MOBILIZATION ACTIVITIES
Jallah Kennedy, Rufus Tartee, Frank Martin and B.
Pyne Bertsche visited the New England Chapter on
Sunday, June 3,2007 for the update of the convention


Dorbor Kolubah Kaba visited the Georgia Chapter
from June 8-9,2007 to meet with members and
officials

Jallah Kennedy and Frank Martin visited  Hyattsville,
MD to meet with the Metropolitan Chapter on June
10,2007

Second visit to the New England Chapter was
made by Jallah Kennedy from July 25-26,2007
to review final preparation for the convention
from August 24-26,2007


The Children Health International
Program(CHIP) in collaboration with the
TNIMA Association was launched  in Maple
Grove, Minnesota on Saturday, February 24,
2007. CHIP's, Founder and acting president is
Mrs. Margaret Tolbert-Wallace. Fund raising
will provide support for the Children Surgery
International which will be visiting Liberia in
January 2008 to perform surgeries. We need
your support.


Jallah Kennedy visited Liberia to conduct
computer training for the TNIMA faculty and staff;
mobilizations with the Association members,
delivered a speech at the Graduation and assess
activities at the school. Preliminary report of the
visit was provided on 1/14/07 during our regular
conference



Our appreciation to Martha Kenneh, the
former Acting Chairlady for the Midwest
Chapter for negotiating with her school mates
at the Indiana University who has donated
some books for TNIMA.
Please SAVE THE DATES. The 4th National General Convention will be held with the Tri-State Chapter from
August 21-24, 2008. Prominent among the activities of the convention this year is shipment of the
educational materials to Liberia, election of all governing bodies and any possible constitutional
amendments. DETAILS TO FOLLOW.

We received donation of Nursing and several other healthcare professional information magazines from
Merion Publications Inc. , the publisher of
ADVANCE which is a reputable source of current and research
news. For details about this organization, please click on this link
www.advanceweb.com
We hope to develop future partnership with this organization to assist student in not only Liberia with
cutting-edge information, but other healthcare professionals in the rest of the African region. Our
appreciation to Hyun Kim, who is currently our contact person with ADVANCE.

As many of you are aware, we provided a great and needy assistance to the students of TNIMA in 2006 with
donation of 300 chairs. The chairs were extremely needed at the time for the functioning of the school.
IMAGINE YOURSELF ENTERING A  CLASS WITH THE ZEAL TO LEARN TO CATER TO THE SICK, INFIRM  and the
general populace BUT NO CHAIR TO SIT ON FOR 2-3 HOURS…. We assisted to make a difference at that
time.
We have also assisted the faculty with some training that could be utilized for future learning activities
when computers are available.

THE TASK ON HAND NOW is to assist with LEARNING USING UPDATED MATERIALS, LEARNING AIDS AND
COMPUTERS TO INCREASE THE LEARNING CAPACITY OF STUDENTS. The changing times in every country
dictates adaptation and greater levels of assimilation. Other institutions, even in Liberia are following the
wind of change. TNIMA, as the rest of the public sector institutions in Liberia have EXTREMELY LIMITED
resource. WHAT THEY HAVE IN ABUNDANCE ARE THE WILL-POWERS, THE PROFESSIONALISM AND THE
FORTITUDE IN THIS GREAT PERIOD OF ‘ARIDITY’ AND ‘DISENCHANTMENT’. The staffs of TNIMA and the entire
JFK administration remains highly committed to the functioning of the school.  It is time that we HELP again.
Believe it or not, the LITTLE YOU CAN AFFORD TO OFFER CAN MAKE BIG DIFFERENCES. More on this later…..

Please bring in your suggestions as to how we can carry on this noble task.

___________________________________________________
Our appreciation to the  Georgia Chapter and the enormous effort of Mr. Jenkins Beyan for the successful
hosting of the mini-convention from April 4-5,2008. Details to follow.

                                                            _________________________
Our appreciation to the New England Chapter for hosting this year's convention from August 24-26,2007. The Liberia Chapter
was represented by its Co-Chair Person, Mrs. Mawah K. Verdier.

The primary focus of this convention is the proposal to set up a resource center at TNIMA in Monrovia. This project is now being
initiated by Rufus Tartee, the VP for Operation. He negotiated for the site location with TNIMA and JFK authorities and began
the process of renovation of the rooms.
Educational materials are being are being collected for shipment to Liberia. The estimated cost for the project is $44,000.00.

FOR THE PROPOSED
BUDGET CLICK HERE Details to follow.
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FOR  INTERESTING RESEARCH, HEALTH,
EDUCATIONAL, FINANCE AND OTHER
INFORMATION/NEWS click here

LINKS TO SITES ABOUT NEWS AND
INFORMATION ABOUT LIBERI
A

RUNNINGAFRICA.COM

LIBERIAN JOURNAL

DUCOR WASTE MANAGEMENT

FOR NEWS AND OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT LIBERIA

Llist of those that provided fund for the
chairs donation to TNIMA

Remeberance of our fallen members
and family members' OBITUARIES
The most recent is the father of Miatta
Kaba.

TUITION IS NOW FREE AT TNIMA. Please
click on the links  below to read the details
http://allafrica.com/stories/200709241342.html
http://www.thenews.com.lr/story.php?record_id
=2277&sub=News
http://www.liberiabroadcastingsystem.com/news
/article_2007_09_26_3132.html   
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COMMENTS on the proposed membership ID
Card. Please check your email for the sample
card.
The TNIMA Association in a 501(c)(3) non-profit
professional healthcare organization incorporated
in the  State of New Jersey.
               ALERT!!!!!!
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