"In light of the unfolding human tragedy afflicting our beloved Sierra Leone by the current Ebola epidemic and the call to action by the government and people of Sierra Leone to diaspora Sierra Leoneans to help, Sierra Leoneans living in Georgia, USA, graciously responded and organized our community under the auspices of United Against Ebola Inc to join major international effort to generate resources to help combat the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, and to provide much needed basic materials to help our healthcare workers who have been in the frontline of fighting against Ebola."
This was the message in a press release signed by Alpha Omar Jabbie, chair of an organization called Sierra Leoneans Living in Georgia United Against Ebola.
According to the press release, United Against Ebola Inc agreed to distribute food supplies in the major epicenters of the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone, West Africa. This initiative fit in to the Sierra Leoneans Living in Georgia’s plan to support staff and first responders in the clinics of the epicenters of Kenema and Kailahun.
The following items have been provided and to be distributed to Medical and Support staff of the clinics in Kenema and Kailahun district today September 29, 2014:
60 Fifty pounds bags of rice
24 Five gallons of palm oil
Primary Beneficiaries: Medical and Support staff of the clinics in the Epicenters.
Secondary Beneficiaries: Ebola Epicenters: Kenema & Kailahun district in the Eastern Province.
About Sierra Leoneans Living in Georgia United Against Ebola:
In March 2014, a rapidly evolving outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever started in forested areas of southeastern Guinea and subsequently spread to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria.
Some concerned Sierra Leoneans living in Georgia USA subsequently saw the need to spur their community to join the major international effort to generate resources to help combat the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, and thereafter help build their human resource capacity. Thus a movement and campaign against Ebola was born.
Some members of Sierra Leoneans Living in Georgia United Against Ebola.
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