The Inspire Series- Sheroes on the Ebola front Line by Hannah Foullah

Nurse Samantha Mansaray and Dr. Valrie John-Cole

                                                               

In celebration of International Women's Day/Month, today's Inspire Series  high lights and acknowledges the courage, dedication and selflessness of women on the Ebola front line in Sierra Leone. These women are   shereos in every account.
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Since the outbreak of the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone, women have been in the front-line as healthcare workers and caregivers in their communities. This has meant that they face a greater risk of contracting the Ebola virus. The role that women have played as first responders in the fight against Ebola brings to mind the story of the Italian doctor Carlo Urbani.

The Inspire Series - HOPE IN A TIME OF EBOLA by Victor O. Forna

The Inspire series kicks off with a poem written by Victor Osman  Forna,  a young talented Sierra Leonean high school student and writer  currently residing in the country  in the mist of the Ebola out break.

Inspiration behind the poem

When Ebola came to Sierra Leone, it had a devastating effect on everybody, both home and abroad. Everybody was stressed out, no schools, a state of emergency, some people even traveled out of the country seeking safety elsewhere, but some like myself stayed. And I have seen how tensed and sad this virus made my lovely country, how horrible the news on TV were, this filled me with emotions, it made me sad, it made me fear, there was nothing I could do, the only way I could overcome these feelings was through my passion, writing. I took my pen and the words just flowed out from the bottom of my heart, I wrote "Hope in a time of Ebola." It is a piece that means a lot to me.

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