Ebola Orphans Challenge West African Culture

The image has haunted Andrew Brooks for months, but UNICEF’s regional child protection specialist for West Africa described it as if it were yesterday. An ambulance pulls up to an Ebola treatment unit, and attendants rush a dying woman into an Ebola treatment center. Amid the frenzy, a small, bewildered boy comes into focus. "Before you even get to find out where the child comes from, the mother dies. The child is left all alone. Suddenly, you have a little boy on your...

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