29/08/2025
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WELCOME TO TOTOTA 🇱🇷
Totota is a beautiful and vibrant community in Liberia, filled with hardworking people, colorful markets, and a spirit that makes you feel at home. Passing through, you can immediately feel the heartbeat of the town.
But Totota also carries a painful memory.
On December 26, 2023, a trãgedy strück that shook the entire nation. A fuel tanker overturned near the community and began to leak gasoline. Out of desperation and survival, many residents, young and old, rushed to collect the fuel. In just a moment, the unimaginable happened, the tanker êxpl0ded.
The fire claimed the lives of over 50 people instantly and left over 100 injured, families broken, dreams cut short. It was the day after Christmas, a time meant for joy, but it turned into a black December for Totota.
This is not just a story of trægedy, but also of lessons. It reminds us of the urgent need for safety awareness and for governments and communities to put measures in place to prevent such disasters. It reminds us of how poverty and desperation can push people to take dædly risks.
Totota, your grief is shared. Your resilience in still standing, trading, smiling, and moving forward after such pain is proof of the strength of the Liberian spirit.
Imagine celebrating Christmas with loved ones, and the next day watching an entire community turned into ashes by fire. It is truly one of life’s bitter ironies, a tragecomedy we must never forget.
May the souls of the departed continue to rest in peace. May their memory push us to value life, safety, and compassion for one another.
Together we Ride, Together we Rise.
VIVA AFRICA 🌍❤️🫶
