The Bishop of the United Methodist Church in Liberia, Right Reverend Samuel J. Quire on Sunday, July 2, joined Indian businessman Upjit Singh Sachdeva (Jeety) to serve plates of hot, cooked meal to hundreds of less-privileged Liberians.
The Methodist Bishop, who stood next to Mr. Sachdeva, more famously known in Liberia as “Mr. Jeety”, handed the plates over to Jeety, as he Jeety fill them up with the famous Liberian jollof rice and pieces of fried chicken.
More than 500 young and old Liberians, including women, were served from two tables, one of which was controlled by Jeety, Bishop Quire and an assistant of the Bishop.
Asked about how he feel joining Jeety to serve those Liberians, the United Methodist Clergyman said, “I lack words right now to really express how I feel. I didn’t know that Jeety has been doing such a thing like this. He invited me sometime last week to come and join him serve food to less-fortunate Liberians. When I got here and saw the crowd, I became speechless,” said the clergyman who became very emotional seeing what the Indian businessman is doing for Liberians.
Bishop Quire said for Jeety, a businessman, to be doing humanitarian services of such, “It tells me that he really loves the Liberian people.” He stated that on March 15, 2023, Jeety had told him, when they were celebrating Liberia’s first President’s 214th birthday, that he (Jeety) is a Liberian by heart and Indian by birth.
He used the occasion to call on other businesspeople to emulate the good examples of Jeety in helping to provide some forms of amenities for underprivileged Liberians, who are within the vicinities of their business places.
Inasmuch as the Bishop praised Jeety for the good gesture, he also called on him to “teach” Liberians how to feed themselves.
“You know Jeety is building a factory in Weala. When that factory is completed, he is going to employ lots of Liberians. So, we need to train our young people so that they will have jobs. Because, it’s better to teach people how to feed themselves then to feed them,” Bishop Quire emphasized.
Meanwhile, Jeety has also paid the hospital bill of a blind man identified as Gaddafi, who was hit by vehicle and abandoned by the driver. The underwent a surgery to repair the damages to bones in his thigh, hip at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Sinkor.
Gaddafi is a famous blind fellow, who usually sits before the Broad Street side of the Centennial Memorial Pavilion, to beg for alms from passersby.
