Day 4: Thirty three family members died from Ebola and I do not have a house

Over the past three days, we have distributed aid in the Western, Southern and Eastern regions of the country. Today, we are heading to Port Loko which is 96km from Freetown, a three hour drive. Port Loko is the capital and second largest town of Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. The town has a population of approximately 25000 people.

We arrive in the afternoon and distribute Iftar packs to four hundred families. This is the first time the local community has benefited from a programme on this scale. Some of the recipients arrived here yesterday and spent the night on the streets in anticipation of the aid. One of the beneficiaries is Al-Haji Shaykha Kamara who is extremely grateful. He explains that thirty three members of his family died during the Ebola crisis and he does not have a house to live in. He resides in the local Jamil Jalil Masjid, a beautiful Masjid built in the 1950s. Here we also perform Wudu from a large mud vessel.

We return to Freetown in the evening and rest.