Legal Consultants: Herb Daley, Esq Counselor Jerome Verdier
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Financial Consultant: Robert N. Matthews, CPA
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Jallah M. Kennedy
President
Dorbor Kolubah Kabbah
Vice President for
Administration
Jenkins Beyan
Vice President for
Operation
Alice Kear
General Secretary
Patricia Dorbor
Assistant General
Secretary
Tarlo Garmo
Treasurer
E. Jefferson Dahnlo
Financial Secretary
S. Kemoh Lailey
Chaplain
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Kpangbala
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Blamah
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Dr. Celsus
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Ebba
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Edward
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Koffa
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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 info@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 info@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.
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CHAIRPERSONS
Sarah Lincoln
New England (USA)
Frank Martin
Tri-State (USA)
Lasana Kamara
Georgia (USA)
Moses Yoko
Minnesota (USA)
Amanda G. Clarke
Western (USA)
Jomah Z. Kollie
Liberia
Koo Yelegon Joseph
Europe[Acting]
Abraham Kollison
Mid-West (USA)[Acting]
Charleslyn Johnson
Metropolitan(USA)[Acting]
COMMITTEES
CHAIRPERSONS
Bior Bropleh
Public Affairs
Rufus Tartee
Education
Bethune Harding-Weay
Ways and Means
David Wilson
Ethics and Code of Conduct
B. Pyne Bertsche
Membership and General
Welfare
These are acting positions pending
Advice and Consent of the NEC and
Board of Directors.
PROGRAM COORDINATOR
RUFUS TARTEE
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.
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.
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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.
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. 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.
As a follow-up to the series of recent meetings regarding the mini-convention in Georgia from April 23-25, 2010 please send as
many suggestions regarding items to include for the guidelines.
Our second major object for this year is to complete the guidelines. Please look at the constitution on our website by clicking
here http://tnima.org/constitution.html
to use as a guide. Some areas to concentrate on are those about the financial, reporting, officers, memberships, and disputes
amongst others. The recommendations will be reviewed and debated by the officers at the mini-convention. Draft of additional
guidelines will be disseminated afterwards for debate until a set time prior to the general convention.
Please note also that the general convention has now relocated to be hosted by the New England chapter from August 20-22,
2010 in Providence , RI . Additional information will continue to be provided.
As the email sent on 3/20/2010 noted, we have purchased 5,736.90 worth of new books, copiers and related accessories to be
shipped to TNIMA very soon. Thank you for your continual support as we strive to support TNIMA and the healthcare system in
Liberia . We will continue to count on your supports. Any financial support or items with cash value are tax deductible.
Please provide your suggestions as we work to continue strengthen our Association and count on our modest accomplishments.
However, there many weaknesses we need to overcome.
Please sen your suggestion(s) by clicking on the CONTACT US tab or attending any of our scheduled meetings.
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Please click here for NEWS ABOUT CONVENTION 2009
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TO: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Membership Dues
Please mail your due payments checks or money orders (payable to TNIMA ASSOCIATION) to the financial secretary Mr. E. Jefferson
Dahnlo (267-241-2330) at the following address:
7201 Marshall Rd, Apt #1
Upper Darby, PA 19082
If you make a one-time lump sum payment of $100.00, the remaining $20.00 will be waived. You can also make monthly payment at
$10.00/month Please make you payment in order to maintain your active membership. In the periods ahead, only active members who
are in good financial standing will have the privilege to take part in key activities such as voting or holding offices. We all
understand the financial situations faced by all of us but at the same time it is important to meet your obligations. If there are
extraordinary problems that may hinder you in this regard, please do not hesitate to make it known. This process will begin prior to
the mini-convention. An updated list of payments received will be announced in every subsequent meeting henceforth.
Board Chairperson
Congratulation to Mr. Kpangbala Blamah as the new chairperson of the Board of Directors. The other board members are Edward
Koffa and Dr. Celsus Ebba.
Meetings
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL ATTEND MEETINGS IN ORDER TO KEEP ABREAST OF ACTIVITIES. In the event you have busy or
conflicting schedules, please seek information from multiple sources or contact with Secretariat (Ms. Alice Kear at 978-996-7188 and
Mrs. Patricia Dorbor at 401-323-8096), Publicity committee (Bior Bropleh at 404-483-1241) or the president (Jallah Kennedy at 609-233-
1876) and/or other officers/members for updates.
Thank you for your cooperation.
TNIMA ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER-
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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
The TNIMA Association in a 501(c)(3) non-profit
professional healthcare organization incorporated
in the State of New Jersey.
MEETING SCHEDULES
1. National Assembly monthly general
conference call is the second Sunday every
month at 8:00pm except when the second
Sunday Falls of Mother's Day
2. The officers will have conference call
meeting the first Sunday of every month at
8:00pm Eastern Time
THE NEWLY RENOVATED AND DEDICATED TNIMA DORMITORY