“I love my people and I do not want them to die”
Alima Jamboria is a Community Health Worker and Chairperson of the Community.
I'm a Community Health Worker in Tengeh Town Community. We learnt how to wash hands properly because that was not actually taught in the first place. We knew that you can wash your hands but we never knew the specific way that you should wash your hands, the specific areas that you had to pay attention when washing your hands.
Oxfam have provided handwashing stands in the area and have also trained Community Health Worker teams who teach the community about the signs and symptoms of Ebola, about how to prevent it and what to do if a family member becomes infected.
The community health workers also man the handwashing stands, and promote their messages there.
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