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Ebola crisis
December 2014
What
WhatisisEbola?
Ebola?
Ebola is a severe viral illness. Symptoms can include fever,
muscle pain, vomiting and bleeding.
Ebola is spread between people through bodily fluids.
Many people die from the disease. Once infected, a person only
has a 30 per cent chance of survival. If they do not receive the
right medical care and treatment, it can be even lower.
Prevention is the only way to stop the Ebola crisis.
Where?
Ebola emerged in 1976, but the current outbreak in West Africa is
the most severe ever.
Schools and government buildings have had to close, and lots of
people cannot travel to work.
In West Africa, more than 16,000 people have become infected and
nearly 7,000 people have died from the disease.
Where?
CAFOD is working
alongside people in
Sierra Leone, Liberia
and Guinea to support
them during this crisis.
(Ivory Coast)
What are the effects of Ebola?
“Ebola is affecting every
aspect of people’s lives,
and it’s forcing
communities further into
poverty.
Families can’t afford food,
schools are closed, travel
restrictions are in place
and people live in constant
fear.”
Sophie Arcedeckne-Butler,
CAFOD.
How is CAFOD helping?
We are working with local
people to help make sure
they have what they need.
We are raising
awareness about ways to
stop the disease from
spreading.
“The biggest enemy is
lack of understanding.”
Edward John-Bull,
Caritas Sierra Leone.
How is CAFOD helping?
We are providing
hygiene buckets.
These contain soap and
chlorine, which help to
kill the virus.
How is CAFOD helping?
We are raising
awareness
about how
important
handwashing and
good
hygiene is to
help stop the
disease from
spreading.
How is CAFOD helping?
We are providing
food to families who
need it.
How is CAFOD helping?
The bodies of people
who have died from
Ebola are highly
infectious.
We are providing
safe burials to limit
infection.
What else is helping?
People have stopped
offering the sign of
peace during Mass.
People are greeting each
other in different ways
instead of shaking hands.
For example, touching
feet or elbows.
A song is being played on
the radio to raise
awareness of how to
prevent Ebola.
Let us pray...
Lord God, we entrust to you those affected by
Ebola.
We pray especially for the health care workers,
that you may guide and protect them.
We pray that your Spirit may inspire those
researching the drugs, medicines and health care
systems that will stop people’s suffering.
“Do not be
afraid,
for I am
with you”
And in the midst of this, keep us strong in faith,
hope and love. We entrust ourselves and those
affected by Ebola to your infinite power and love.
Isaiah 41:10
Amen.
Activity
cafod.org.uk/secondary/emergencies
blog.cafod.org.uk
Picture credits: Caritas Internationalis, d-maps.com,
Tommy Trenchard/Caritas, Michael Stulman/CRS.