What it's like living in a country ravaged by Ebola

[Music] I first had of Ebola on the 24th of May and that was the first time I went on gole and goggled what Eola is it was a kind of very scary and un and unimaginable name what what what the hell is Ebola you're trying to figure out where where did where did that come from this is the very first time that Ebola has struck serum so people have little or no preparedness when when we first had Ebola um the first the area that it affected is is is the opposition political parties um stronghold so there were a lot of misconceptions that oh um census is coming in December the country is supposed to have census in December and so they're trying to do what they trying these guys are trying to do right now is to kill some of us and reduce the numbers but then as we get along the reality begins to show itself so denial was not was not the issue anymore it's about the level of understanding and the level of illiteracy that people do have the outbreak has tremendously affected the lifestyle of people right now around 8:00 9:00 everyone will be running home there were no more nightclubs there were no more pubs there are no more restaurants people don't shake hands anymore people don't hug anymore everyone is suspicious about someone my kids have been been home since July and they cannot go to school because schools are not functioning that will hamper on the social economic development of the country a country that is recovering from 11 years brutal Civil War it's not just the Ebola that is killing people in the country it's the poverty it's the feeling of of being left alone it's the feeling of of hopelessness our health system was just not prepared for an emergency like Eola we were struggling already on a regular basis or on a day-to-day basis in uh providing health care for people the basic primary healthare we have very limited number of medical practitioners especially doctors all the holding centers we have are full all the hospitals are full people die of hypertension people die of of stress people die of common illnesses maternity related issues if you were pregnant in Sone today it will be a very difficult situation because where do you go to hospital people's life are at risk nothing is working in the country it's as if you live in a in a in in a world that everything is not working nothing is happening and all you're looking for is a divine grace