Missive #6 – December 22, 2014
Heart of darkness The Bo EMC compound is an impressive and foreboding community encompassing around 30 acres just beside the main road that travels east from Bo to Kailahun. The Kailahun region is where the outbreak began and where MSF established their first Sierra Leone EMC. The epidemic is believed to have started in a […]
Missive #5 – December 19, 2014
A day in the life My day usually starts around 6:30 am and I don’t need an alarm clock. A local choir of roosters fills that niche. A bucket shower with cold water reliably rids me of all remnants of drowsiness and I trundle off for breakfast at the group kitchen. The offerings at our […]