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<\/a><\/p>\nElizabeth Mans is the Chairperson for \u201cWomen Rise Up Against Ebola\u201d organization; she told the gathering that the donation is a step in the right direction in the fight against Ebola. She pointed out that after a thorough assessment and sensitization conducted, they have deemed it wise to have the holding centers for prompt response. Africell\u2019s intervention, she said will help greatly in their life-saving venture.<\/p>\n
Madam Zulaitu Cooper, Coordinator of Ebola Response Team (Rural) expressed her happiness for the temporal tent holdingcentres, which will contribute in solving some of the challenges faced in the national response. She commended Africell for a job well done, and added that the donation will go a very long way in the fight against Ebola.<\/p>\n
Mayor of the Freetown City Council, Franklyn Bode Gibson said the provision of food items to quarantined communities, less privileged homes and other areas significantly affected by the Ebola epidemic. He promised that the distribution of the food items will be monitored so that it reaches the intended beneficiaries. He told the gathering that his Council will undertake robust measures to break the transmission; pone of which is restrict the movement of people to Freetown.<\/p>\n
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Chernor Raman Maju Bah said he is grateful to women for taking the lead in the fight against Ebola. He cited an example to the war when women stood firm against the late FodaySankoh\u2019s activities. \u201cI am with a strong conviction that women are ready to play leadership role in ending Ebola,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Manority Leader in Parliament, Hon. Dr. Bernadette Lahaisaid women are willing to play key roles in different spheres to end Ebola in the country. She commended Africell for the food sup[ort and also other material supports to Community Radio Stations and the \u201cWomen Rise Up Against Ebola\u201d organization.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Africell and AIRadio announced that its Chief Corporate Affairs Officer and Ace Presenter Joe AbassBangura was awarded with the prestigious United States Department International Exchange Alumni Member for December 2014.<\/p>\n
The citation read in part \u201cJoe is a dynamic entrepreneur who uses his status as a national radio personality to provide information and motivate his audience to move forward during a time of crisis. As host of a one-hour daily radio show titled \u2018join han for dreb Ebola\u2019, one of the most listened to radio stations in the country; he stands at the forefront of the mass efforts to help Sierra Leoneans take action against the Ebola outbreak\u201d.<\/p>\n
Ortorkor Janaba<\/em><\/p>\n Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Africell continues to support the government and people of Sierra Leone to fight against the deadly Ebola Viral Disease. As Sierra Leone\u2019s biggest mobile telecommunications […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":72266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[671,11448],"tags":[1076,18461,20057],"class_list":["post-72264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-local-news","tag-africell","tag-ebola","tag-quarantined-communities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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