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As Congo grapples with Ebola, volunteers cook up meals to support patients and health workers

  • A volunteer, Arlette Basekawike, is cooking comforting meals (porridge, omelets, fufu and fish) for Ebola patients and health workers in Bunia, bringing a human, caring touch to the outbreak response.
  • The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has spread across eastern Congo (321 confirmed cases, 48 deaths) and reached Uganda, and there’s no approved vaccine or specific treatment.
  • The region already faces severe food insecurity from conflict, and World Food Program funding cuts risk forcing aid agencies to ration or reduce meal support for patients and displaced people.
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