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*[[QUIZ - AFTER EBOLA]]
 
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Here's a 1.5 - 2hour lesson including the quiz + infographic, several of these stories and short videos:
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*[[AFTER EBOLA - for Intermediate learners (1.5 - 2 hrs)]]
  
 
This is the main article - read about Sierra Leone after Ebola - did we learn the right lessons?:
 
This is the main article - read about Sierra Leone after Ebola - did we learn the right lessons?:
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*[[My husband helped me survive Ebola]]
 
*[[My husband helped me survive Ebola]]
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It's almost impossible to find the graves of family members who died from Ebola - this is the story of one woman looking for her father's grave:
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*[[My father's grave]]
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Why did so many teenage girls get pregnant in the Ebola crisis? Read about some of them:
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*[[I speak for the girls]]
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Read about the Tripoli Boys who live in a slum in Sierra Leone and helped to stop Ebola:
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*[[‘These are the boys who fought Ebola!’]]
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A student in Sierra Leone waited weeks and months before he could touch his new girl friend! Read his story:
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*[[Love without touch]]
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Many women were sterilized by force in Peru twenty years ago. The government didn't agree that they were responsible. Now they are trying to get compensation:
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*[[Peru: They didn't want sterilization]]
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Do you want to find out more about Ecuador? Read this information and facts about the country:
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*[[Country profile: Ecuador]]
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'''From the web:'''
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There's a new government in Brazil. Artists don't like it, so they are protesting:
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*[[Brazil: artists against the impeachment]]
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Look at this photo story - the refugees at the Idomeni camp on the border between Greece and Macedonia. Now the border has closed, not many people remember the refugees there:
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*[[Photo story: remember the Idomeni refugees]]
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'''From this month's blogs:'''
 
'''From this month's blogs:'''
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There is more racism now in the UK. Read about how to help stop it and support people who suffer:
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*[[Five ways to fight racism in Brexit Britain]]
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Read about how the Mexicans are fighting Donald Trump!
 
Read about how the Mexicans are fighting Donald Trump!
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Brazil is the most dangerous country in the world for people who fight against human rights - read about Nilce, who protested against the building of a dam:
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*[[Human rights defender found drowned in dam]]

Latest revision as of 18:34, 10 July 2016

This month, the magazine is about Ebola. The media has stopped talking about it. And West Africa will feel the effects - social, cultural and economic – for many years. We take a critical look at the humanitarian response and problems with the health systems. Ebola is not a new disease – it’s been around since 1976 – so why did more than 11,000 West Africans die 2014 - 16? Did we learn the right lessons? And is Sierra Leone ready if the virus returns?

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Here's a 1.5 - 2hour lesson including the quiz + infographic, several of these stories and short videos:

This is the main article - read about Sierra Leone after Ebola - did we learn the right lessons?:

group-320.jpg

Mamie Lebbi was the first person in Sierra Leone to have Ebola. Read how she survived:

It's almost impossible to find the graves of family members who died from Ebola - this is the story of one woman looking for her father's grave:

mariama-590.jpg

Why did so many teenage girls get pregnant in the Ebola crisis? Read about some of them:

Read about the Tripoli Boys who live in a slum in Sierra Leone and helped to stop Ebola:

A student in Sierra Leone waited weeks and months before he could touch his new girl friend! Read his story:

Many women were sterilized by force in Peru twenty years ago. The government didn't agree that they were responsible. Now they are trying to get compensation:

Do you want to find out more about Ecuador? Read this information and facts about the country:

From the web:

There's a new government in Brazil. Artists don't like it, so they are protesting:

Look at this photo story - the refugees at the Idomeni camp on the border between Greece and Macedonia. Now the border has closed, not many people remember the refugees there:

idomeni2-d610---02.-april-2016-01835.jpg

From this month's blogs:

There is more racism now in the UK. Read about how to help stop it and support people who suffer:

30.06.16-nigel-farage-brexit-590x393.jpg

Read about how the Mexicans are fighting Donald Trump!

Showing Trump what we think of him

01.06.16-pinata-590.jpg

Brazil is the most dangerous country in the world for people who fight against human rights - read about Nilce, who protested against the building of a dam: