GUIDE TO THIS MONTH'S ARTICLES - June 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?
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?:
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:
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:
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:
Read about how the Mexicans are fighting Donald Trump!
Showing Trump what we think of him