This week, schools begin to reopen for the country’s 1.8 million schoolchildren: a sign of life edging back to normal after the Ebola epidemic.
The Ebola epidemic, which has left more than 9,000 people dead, forced schools across Sierra Leone to close for almost a year. This week, they begin to reopen for the country’s 1.8 million schoolchildren: a sign of life edging back to normal.
Education is too often a casualty of crisis. Meet some International Rescue Committee educators who did not give up on Sierra Leone’s children, even during the height of the Ebola outbreak.