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In Liberia for UNICEF, more pics

Mar 20, 2015 18:19

- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom is waving good bye to one of Zinnah Folley’s eight children. Zinnah is a single mother and supported by UNICEF’s social cash transfer program. With the money Zinnah, was able to enroll all her children in school. Beyond keeping her children in school and well cared for, Zinnah started a small business selling bonnie (dry fish) and palm oil as a means to generate income for the family
The social cash transfer program is targeting the poorest and most vulnerable families
- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom is welcomed to Jene Wonde township in Liberia with a traditional welcoming ceremony, involving multiple drummers, singers and dancers.
- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom reads to students at Jene Wonde Central School in Liberia, which reopened for academic activities on 2 March 2015. The school, which currently has 355 enrolled students, remained closed since the June 2014 break, and did not reopen in September owing to the Ebola outbreak. Teachers at the school have received training on the protocols for safe school reopening in the context of Ebola. Handwashing stations have been set up, the temperature of anyone entering the school premises is checked, and an isolation area has been set up in case anyone at the school displays symptoms of Ebola, all part of the strict protocols in place to minimize the risk of the spread of Ebola in schools. UNICEF has provided basic hygiene items for the establishment of the protocols.
- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom talks to a student at Jene Wonde Central School in Grand Cape Mount County in Liberia. Bloom was visiting the school to see the protocols that have been established to minimize the risk of the spread of Ebola. The school, which currently has 355 enrolled students, remained closed since the June 2014 break, and did not reopen in September owing to the Ebola outbreak. Teachers at the school have received training on the protocols for safe school reopening in the context of Ebola. Handwashing stations have been set up, the temperature of anyone entering the school premises is checked, and an isolation area has been set up in case anyone at the school displays symptoms of Ebola, all part of the strict protocols in place to minimize the risk of the spread of Ebola in schools. UNICEF has provided basic hygiene items for the establishment of the protocols.
- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom dons Personal Protection Equipment (PPEs) at the Community Care Center in Jene Wonde township in Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia. The PPEs are worn by healthcare workers taking care of Ebola patients, and also by other personnel working with Ebola contaminated or potentially contaminated material. Strict protocols are observed when donning or taking off PPEs to ensure that the healthcare and other workers in Ebola treatment centers are safe from contracting the virus.
- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom talks to 30 year old Ansu Anderson Turay who lost his wife, two step daughters and infant son to Ebola in Jene Wonde township in Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia. His wife, her father, mother, brother and sister-in-law all died of Ebola. Only Ansu and his six year old son survived. Ansu is a well known soccer player, representing the Grand Cape Mount County team in the Liberia County League.
- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom watches as a resident of Majima township in Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia, shows him how to make a “Tippy-Top,” a locally made bamboo-based handwashing station. Majima township has been declared an open defecation free (ODF) village. Part of this certification involves having proper handwashing facilities.
- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom joins General Community Health Volunteers (GCHVs) in Mambu in Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia as they conduct a door to door campaign that helps raise awareness on the importance of immunization. The GCHVs are trained by UNICEF. During the Ebola outbreak, UNICEF trained and supported hundreds of GCHVs and other community volunteers to conduct door to door awareness raising efforts on how communities could protect themselves from the virus and stop its spread.
- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom is talking to Sophia Vaye a single mother with 5 children (4 girls and 1 boy) who benefited from the cash transfer program for about 2 years. The money helped her to purchase a piece of land on which they plan to build a house. They are currently living in a rental house. She was also able to enroll all her 5 children in school. She runs a thriving coal business that helps her to generate income for basic necessities such as food, rent, clothes, and school fees.
The social cash transfer program is targeting the poorest and most vulnerable families.