Six short video profiles with survivors. nurses and worried mothers coping with Ebola in their communities.
Photo story about the people impacted by Ebola and the heroes working on the frontline to stop it.
The forest outside Beni quickly becomes dense and impregnable. Swollen rivers and muddy roads make it hard to deliver vaccinations or get patients in for treatment. But the forest also holds dozens of Ebola cases that go undetected. When people develop signs, doctors say that nearly a quarter flee into the forest making it harder to track and eradicate the disease.
Lullabies & Lingala: a musical journey with the quiet heroes of the Ebola response
Oripia is a 14 year old Ebola survivor who lost her mother to the disease and what in isolation with her little sister Lorene. When asked to draw a picture of her family, she first drew herself standing next to her mother, and then she drew a beautiful magical tree, and next to it she drew her little sister touching the tree. When asked about the meaning of touching the tree, Oripa smiled.“She’s being healed,” she said.
A photo story about life after Ebola.
One minute profile videos with survivors and health workers on the frontline of the response.
The face of a killer virus has been emblazoned on the vests of government health workers as a visual reminder of Ebola. The response has become ubiquitous in Nord Kivu and is welcomed in most places for containing the outbreak. But pockets of resistance remain from local leaders who see the government presence as a challenge to their authority.
A photo story about building trust with dubious communities and working together to contain the virus.
Beautiful moments from Nord Kivu.
Drawing of a boy who lost his mother and sister to Ebola. He never got the disease but he’s still struggling with the loss of his family members. He’s in school and living with his uncle and he gets support from UNICEF with school and medical fees. He also get regulars visits from a counsellor to help him process what he’s been through.