By Sylvester Renner | Project Leader
One of the adverse effects of the current epidemic in Sierra Leone is the higher cost of living. Families that depend on goods coming from the provinces for their livelihood are finding it very difficult to survive. Prices have increased dramatically and business has slowed down considerably.
As the BBC reports:
"The economy has been deflated by 30% because of Ebola," Sierra Leone's Agriculture Minister Joseph Sam Sesay told the BBC.
He said President Ernest Bai Koroma revealed this staggering and depressing news to ministers at a special cabinet meeting. "The agricultural sector is the most impacted in terms of Ebola because the majority of the people of Sierra Leone - about 66% - are farmers," he said. ...
"We are now coming into the planting season which means a lot of agriculture is not happening, so down the line that will create food shortages and pressures on food prices. We are starting to see a rise in inflation and pressure on the national currency as well as a shortage of foreign exchange," he said.
The Good News: We are together helping to address this situation by providing healthy meals and emergency assistance to people in dire straits. By meeting their immediate short-term needs, they are better able to focus on getting their lives back on track. There is truly nothing quite like a healthy, warm meal for people who are struggling to survive.
Thank so much for your support as we provide the needed food to keep people healthy and their spirits up. Together we are bringing real hope!.
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