Keep her in school

As children return to school amidst a confirmed Ebola outbreak in the country, our support must urgently adapt to address both educational continuity and public health safety. The primary goal remains to keep children learning, but this cannot be achieved without robust infection prevention measures on school grounds.

To this end, your support is critical in two parallel areas. First, educationally, funds will ensure the resumption of basic learning activities, including the provision of essential scholastic materials such as exercise books and pens, allowing children to rebuild lost study time. Second, and most pressingly, we must respond to the health crisis. Schools are high-risk transmission zones due to close contact among children. We therefore require immediate resources to procure and install handwashing stations, along with a steady supply of chlorine-based detergent or alcohol-based hand sanitizer. This will enable students and staff to regularly decontaminate their hands, significantly reducing the risk of virus transmission.

Preventive hygiene is currently our strongest defense. Without these supplies, schools risk becoming epicenters of spread, undermining both education and community health. Your support will directly fund the distribution of hygiene kits, conduct short safety briefings for teachers, and ensure every classroom has access to proper washing facilities. By integrating health safeguards into the school reentry plan, we protect children, their families, and the wider community, allowing education to continue safely during this outbreak. Thank you for considering this urgent, dual-focused intervention.