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Noelle Hunter, 1989 Northview High School Graduate, Fighting to Bring Her Daughter Home!

Sandra Stokes Walden

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Posted by: Sandra Walden
Date: May 08 2013 3:21 PM

Noelle Hunter is a 1989 graduate of Northview High School.  Noelle now resides in Morehead, Kentucky where she is a Reading and Writing Instructor at Maysville Community & Techinical College.  Noelle has a PhD in Political Science from West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia. 


For several months I have been following Noelle’s postings on FB.  I feel that her words tell the story of her fight to bring her daughter, Muna,  home from Bamako, Mali, in West Africa much better than I could.  Please pray for Noelle and Muna and that the courts in Bamako will return Muna! Noelle’s friends are also gathering medical relief and personal care items to distributed to a settlement in need near Bamako.  


The following is from www.mission4muna.com and was written by Noelle:


The last time I saw Muna, my precious 5-year old daughter, was Christmas Day 2011.  Two days later, her father took her on a one-way flight to Bamako, Mali, in West Africa.  He has refused to return her and refused all attemps to even let me talk to her by telephone. 

Over the past 16 months I’ve staged protests in Washington, met with US and Mali Ambassadors, worked closely with the U.S. State Department and my Kentucky Congressional delegation, and taken every available action to bring Muna home. 

I believe with all my heart that this is almost the end, and that Muna’s return is near. I will soon travel Bamako for a June 13, 2013 preliminary hearing, to petition the court there to uphold the sole custody ruling and immediate return order issued in a Kentucky Circuit Judge. 

This has already been a very expensive fight, and the upcoming trip will be even more so. I would greatly appreciate donations of any amount to help with travel expenses and legal expenses (I have retained an attorney in Bamako and all U.S. court documents must be translated into French, requiring additional fees.) 

The trip has another purpose, too. I, along with friends in my Morehead community and in other states are gathering medical relief and personal care items that I will take with me for distribution to a settlement near Bamako that is in dire need. We are seeking contributions to cover the cost of shipping medical supplies and personal care items.  We will have an estimated weight soon, but we project shipping to be around $500. 

Thank you for caring to visit our site. We are grateful for your contribution of any size and believe that Muna will be home on the strength and kindness of so many like you!

For more information, go to www.mission4muna.com.

We know that Muna is coming HOME!


I have copied some excerpts from Noelle’s post on her facebook page this morning. I did not copy the complete post but I did want our readers to know about her determination and the determination of many people who have joined in her fight to bring her daughter home.


This morning when I woke and recognized that its 37 days until I get the victory in Muna’s return, my spirit began to recall this great cloud of women witnesses who have sustained us this far. (Noelle mentions many ladies who have supported her in her fight.  The following is about the fight in Washington.)


In Senator McConnell’s office, Nancy McKinstry has taken this issue to the Senator at every turn, and believe me when I tell you that they have caused the State Department, to pay attention to this abduction. Natalie and Nancy are not the only Washington-area women to stand up for Muna during this time. It was Adam Ouologuem who invited me from a protest at the US Institute of Peace to come to a MaliWatch meeting in DC that same day. I know in my heart that things turned a corner that day, as she introduced me and let me speak of Muna’s abduction to Malians and Americans who comprise that organization. She didn’t have to do that. In fact, it was Adam and Kadidia Dienta who linked me with my powerhouse Bamako attorney Kadidia Sangare Coulibaly, who is the president of the Mali Commission on Human Rights and a powerful advocate for women and children. 

The women at the Mali Embassy in Washington, who first seemed unconcerned and now have embraced me and our Mission4Muna cannot be ignored. On the ground in Bamako, I have a new friend in Marissa Samake, wife of the next president of Mali, who publicly encouraged Malians to support me and my bid to bring Muna home and helped me make the right connection to channel Mission4Mali Relief supplies when I go. Much of those relief supplies were generated from MCTC students Robyn Hatmaker and Kimberly Smith, and my sweet, sweet co workers Melissa Carroll Debbie Morris, Sandy Smallwood have loved on me every day of the work week. Students like Chasity Reeves and Jaime Doss made me bring my A game to the classroom, which prevented me from ever drifting into inaction. 

The NO REST FOR MALI women, Heather Woody, Betty McDaniels, Misty Glover, Qiana Thompson, Elaine Daniels, and Gloria Greene made sure that calls, faxes and emails abounded to Washington entities. I think they scared Senator Rand Paul so bad last time that he finally responded! Some extra hometown love and support comes Isis Hollis (co-warrior), Aletha Sallinger and just this week from Kimberly Holt Leverett. 

Finally, my daughters, my wee-women, Rachel Faith Hunter Himes, Rysa Samara Lee and of course MaayiMUNA Nyeeleni N’Diaye, who give me the strength and focus to be this submitted mother warrior. 

There are many other Ruths, Naomis, Deborahs, Rahabs, Marys and Mary Magdalenes who have been with me, warring, weeping, and working wonders in the spirit for this approaching day. To God be the glory for placing them in my life. I am blessed beyond measure.


(The picture that is with this article is of Noelle and her daughter, Muna)










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