"LIFE AFTER DEATH"

"Barkedu’s first Ebola case was Laiye Barwor. He was a favorite son of the village. He came from a large and important family. His father was an imam. When he got sick in early June, the whole town took notice.
But no one believed it was Ebola. Back in June, people in Barkedu knew almost nothing about the virus. It had never before struck in this part of the world. And when awareness campaigns did arrive, their message backfired.
"The county health team, and other people who used to come and sensitize, they couldn’t speak our dialect...
Sometimes they brought in music … You’re talking to people about serious business. If you are dancing, that means it’s serious? You’re talking about, “Don’t do this and if you do that you will die.” You’re telling somebody that at the same time you are dancing? Mmm? They will not take it to be true."...
t took a long time for the town to accept the survivors from this small corner of the village. Fearful of catching Ebola, the children’s friends shunned them. The kids became terrified to go out in public.
Mamuedeh Kanneh is trying to build back the children’s confidence. She sends them on small errands around the village so they can see that people are no longer afraid of them.
http://apps.npr.org/life-after-death/

A story of a village in Liberia told with some text, sound clips from interviews, and georgeous photographs.