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Ebola: Tales of Survival

Extraordinary stories from people whose lives have been changed by Ebola. From a young Sierra Leonean orphaned by the disease to a Liberian MP who drove patients to hospital.

Douda Mohammed Fulla is a 24-year-old orphan from Sierra Leonne. Between July and August last year he lost his father, step-mother, grandmother, brother and sister to Ebola.

Kefla Kargbo is the director of childrens' charity Street Child in Sierra Leone. For the past 18 months he has been travelling to remote rural locations, spreading an Ebola prevention message.

Kaci Hickox is a former MSF nurse who was forced into quarantine on her return to the USA from treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, despite showing no symptoms of the disease.

Tiken Jah Fakoly is a well-known Ivorian singer. His song Africa Stop Ebola was recorded with some of the biggest stars of African music. He is organising a singing competition in Guinea to get the message out there.

Saah Joseph is an opposition MP in the Liberian capital, Monrovia. He arranged for a fleet of second-hand ambulances to be shipped from the United States and has been driving one himself in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Former British army officer Tim Hely volunteered to set up the last Ebola treatment centre to be built in Liberia.

(Photo: Red Cross workers in protective suits .Credit: Zoom Dosso/AFP/Getty Images)

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55 minutes

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Tue 26 May 2015 01:05GMT

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  • Mon 25 May 2015 11:05GMT
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  • Tue 26 May 2015 01:05GMT

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