helpful Ebola links

Today's post is going to be more practical. I've shared some links to articles, blogs and websites where you can learn more information about the latest Ebola news and how you can help.

This blog, called H5N1, seems to have the most factual and up to date Ebola information. It is updated several times a day with articles coming from multiple trustworthy sources. It has become part of my daily routine to check this site.

This man is spraying a road just outside an Ebola treatment center with a chlorine bleach solution to prevent the virus spreading. Many patients are arriving on foot or via taxi which increases the risk of the virus being passed to others. All of this is happening less than a mile from where I live and work when I'm in Liberia. In fact, this is a road I have walked along countless time myself.

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. Follow this link to an article that shares many more pictures, like the one above, depicting the hard reality of treating Ebola in West Africa. 

Of course Orphan Relief and Rescue projects are continuing in Liberia. All programs are still running as the need at this time has not gone away, instead it is growing exponentially. I can say confidently that any donations made to Orphan Relief and Rescue truly go toward helping needy, oppressed, and neglected children in West Africa. 

My friend Shelly Timbol has started a GoFundMe project called Bucket Brigade Against Ebola. They are raising money to buy resources, like buckets and chlorine bleach, to give out to local women in the fight against the spread of this virus.

Kriterion Monrovia is an aid organization in Liberia that is spreading factual information about Ebola: causes, symptoms and prevention. As well as, raising awareness through house to house visits, community outreach, dramas and radio announcements.  

These ladies are gathering everyday and praying for the end of Ebola in Liberia. This is the same group of mighty women who came together a decade ago and prayed a peaceful end to the civil war. I have heard multiple remarks from Liberians that Ebola is worse than the war because, at least during the war you could see your enemy.