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The country was in the middle of an Ebola epidemic and schools were closed down. When schools were reopened, pregnant girls were not able to return to school. While at the stream one morning, Mariatu found out that the educational program for pregnant girls was being offered at a school near her home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520727784267-PYZFELJNGWP7E46VEWGH/170118-sierra-leone-grile-0379-web.jpg Mariatu's Second Chance Students attend Kubra Agricultural Secondary School in Rokupr, Sierra Leone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520727840773-YT67JNIK3C6V1N94CL1G/170119-sierra-leone-grile-0150-web.jpg Mariatu's Second Chance Mabinty Kubra Turay, left, Manager of Kubra Agricultural Secondary School, talks with Mariatu Bangura, 18, of Rokupr, before class begins. Mabinty helped Mariatu return to regular school after she attended the remedial school following the birth of her son. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520727853059-950JQJJNWOJRJEP97KBG/170119-sierra-leone-grile-0176-web.jpg Mariatu's Second Chance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520727773888-7PB49IJ4STN0XP77XYCQ/170118-sierra-leone-grile-0304-web.jpg Mariatu's Second Chance Students attend Kubra Agricultural Secondary School in Rokupr, Sierra Leone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520727792644-Y5V0JDQ1JDWISREH9RLF/170118-sierra-leone-grile-0540-web.jpg Mariatu's Second Chance Mariatu Bangura, 18, of Rokupr, top right, attends Kubra Agricultural Secondary School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520727793044-NYQPV84XA20TDO559GUQ/170118-sierra-leone-grile-0583-web.jpg Mariatu's Second Chance Mariatu Bangura, 18, of Rokupr, attends Kubra Agricultural Secondary School. Her hope is to become a nurse after finishing school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520727824594-A6QS1VL9L57LMNHQ8FUG/170118-sierra-leone-grile-0800-web.jpg Mariatu's Second Chance Mariatu Bangura, 18, of Rokupr, waters her garden near her house. She recently started the garden so that she can make more money to provide for her son and herself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520727810869-KQW8PWZLYB4L95PEZKGW/170118-sierra-leone-grile-0868-web.jpg Mariatu's Second Chance Mariatu Bangura, 18, of Rokupr, studies at her home in the evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520727988231-0CS1B3YOUQYKDQSNB6NQ/170120-sierra-leone-grile-0493-web.jpg Mariatu's Second Chance Mariatu Bangura, 18, of Rokupr, sells slippers to help provide for her son and herself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520727993847-JHCWL1CI9XMK43GYUL22/170120-sierra-leone-grile-0533-web.jpg Mariatu's Second Chance Mariatu Bangura, 18, of Rokupr, sells slippers to help provide for her son and herself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520727962865-G8A5WSQ2DAXT6UNX2CAJ/170120-sierra-leone-grile-0323-web.jpg Mariatu's Second Chance Mariatu Bangura, 18, of Rokupr, left, kisses her son, Abduli, before going to school. Abduli stays with Mariatu's grandmother, Yamaya Kamara, back right, while she attends school. Also pictured on back left is Mariatu's cousin, Ya Alimamy Kamara. https://www.sarahgrile.com/intro daily 1.0 2020-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520735771387-K036DSTOKI0D6H9ISXU2/_DSC0778.jpg INTRO A woman puts on makeup while getting ready for her friend's wedding in Monrovia, Liberia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520735846749-B96LUCS76GW7QMI9MHKN/150828_Patrick_BacktoSchool_0228.jpg INTRO Patrick Poopei, 7, walks with his father, William, through the Red Light District in Liberia. When William's uncle became ill in 2014 and traveled to Monrovia for care, his wife took care of him. She also became ill. William took his wife to several clinics to help find a cure her but she later died in his arms. Soon after, William and his son, Patrick, both started showing similar symptoms. William's nephew convinced them to go to the Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU) where they both tested positive and were treated. They both survived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520735840720-GPO6GE8QA9OEPF0T6ZVQ/150511_Monrovia_EbolaFreeCelebration_0094.jpg INTRO Delegates and community members join President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for a day of celebration and thanksgiving at the Centennial Memorial Pavilion on Monday. During the service, the World Health Organization (WHO) gave the official Declaration to President Sirleaf that Liberia is free of the Ebola virus. During the celebration, those who were unable to fit in the jam packed pavilion, celebrated outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520735827298-M68WWXWKAB7BTESR60OC/141231-liberia-grile-077.jpg INTRO A man walks down a hallway inside the old Hotel Africa building. In 1979, President William Tolbert, Jr. led the Organization of African Unity conference in the hotel. It fell into disrepair during the country's 14-year civil war. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520735794528-NH76F8CKNEH7O30VGYIO/_stuart_fire.jpg INTRO City of Stuart Fire Rescue's Troy Bowser, a Lieutenant, from left, and Paul Moyer, a Firefighter, look for hot spots while helping contain the remnants of fire on Thursday that encompassed ninety acres from Stuart to Rio on Wednesday. A cigarette is suspected to have started the fire on Wednesday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520735877884-2UO6Q5GRCB3CKUWXGUOD/151017_EbolaHeroes_SierraLeone_0052.jpg INTRO Isata Mansaray, Ebola survivor and orphan, poses with her grandmother, Fatmata Mansaray. Isata says, “When I was released from the treatment center, I was told that my parents had gone to America, but later my uncle admitted to me that they had died. When they were alive, they were able to give me everything I needed — I was able to get my hair done. But I don’t feel too sad now because my grandmother is looking after me. A social worker comes and plays with me and asks how I’m doing. I want to be a bank manager so I can take care of my family, especially my grandma.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520735782040-SEMPWQKWH8RPQW7FCP0J/_DSC8075.jpg INTRO Albernita, a student at the More Than Me Academy in Monrovia, stands inside a school near where she lives in West Point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520735802614-G711IHD1TDL7I1OUBRVF/011810+tc+orphan.jpg INTRO Abbey McArthur, a teacher at Three Angels Children's Orphanage in Petionville, Haiti hugs Reece Yunker, 8, a recently adopted orphan, after he comes out of customs at the St. Lucie County International Airport on Monday night. All 26 orphans from Three Angels Children's Orphanage in Petionville, Haiti were brought to the airport on Monday in a Hendrick Motorsports jet loaned to Missionary Flights International . Final arrangements were made on Monday early afternoon in Haiti, leaving adoptive parents scrambling to find ways to meet their children. Some parents, who had been in the process of adopting children from the orphanage for over two years, traveled from states like Michigan and Indiana to meet their children. The orphanage is one of the fist that was allowed to bring children into the United States according to its website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520735836922-T5JUREWA7PZY6TQE9V7W/150414_Brewerville_Orphans_0035.jpg INTRO A boy receives a hair cut near his home in Brewersville, Liberia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520735868050-47TQHUL444S5PSRBZIAY/151216_Gardnersville_Mary_0124.jpg INTRO Mary Howard used to live with her husband and children in Liberia before Ebola. She helped support her family by selling old clothes. In 2014, her husband and two of her children contracted Ebola. She went to visit him once at the Ebola Treatment Unit before coming down with the virus. She survived but her husband and two children did not make it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520735933589-7RRCKO979XN94IXBNHRX/secret02.jpg INTRO Sloane Moss, 11, right, whispers a secret to Diana Stoneking, 12, about the boy Stoneking likes while the two hang out at the Vero Beach Boys and Girls Club on Tuesday. Moss says that her and Stoneking, who both part of the Junior Staff of the club, are the "extra eyes and ears." Besides helping watch over the club, the two help others with homework and other activities along with completing 20 hours of community service each month. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520735908193-TW4SOABHYIPAVIUWRAP6/elemtrack.jpg INTRO School teams race during a county wide track and field day in central Florida. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520735935431-0EV8C9UCPMK0SA6U4NXV/market2.jpg INTRO A girl walks through the waterside market in Liberia to sell goods. According to the WHO, approximately 64 percent of Liberians live below the poverty line ($1.25/day). This poverty often leads parents to force their children to sell on the streets for extra income. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520735923758-XFZKBUH21XYMX7RSBOL1/Patience_Photo.jpg INTRO While cooking at her home in West Point, Patience had an epileptic seizure which caused her to fall into the fire stove resulting in severe burns over the top part of her body. She was flown to the United States where the scars on her face, neck, chest, and shoulders were treated with laser treatments to help reduce inflammation. Here, Patience poses for a photo at her home after returning to Liberia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520735850443-RCZD21QDFHFV2S8J9M9A/150907_Monrovia_BackToSchool0330-2.jpg INTRO A boy prays on the first day of school following the Ebola epidemic in Monrovia, Liberia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520735823200-6YEK8S5PD2IVS9HKGYJY/150310_liberia_Mercy_0546.jpg INTRO Martu Weefor, Mercy's foster mother, helps her change out of her school uniform after arriving home from school. https://www.sarahgrile.com/liberia-1 daily 0.75 2018-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674946241-W1I1KWUQPLK6F8EBXDVO/150907_Monrovia_BackToSchool0330-2.jpg Liberia A boy prays on the first day of school following the Ebola epidemic in Monrovia, Liberia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674678536-I2V0G4WS5SGT8I035GEG/IMG_7001.jpg Liberia A man waits for Robert Sirleaf, the son of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, to show up for an interview during the senate elections in December of 2014. The elections had been postponed from October to December because of the spread of Ebola in the country. Sirleaf was beat by George Weah, who would later go on to become Liberia's president. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674847188-8QHU2NA6C7S8UT133RAF/_DSC3935.jpg Liberia Girls line up for school at the More Than Me Academy in Monrovia, Liberia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674907049-IH1VXOTZ9ENX9HR5OBT7/_DSC0778.jpg Liberia A woman puts on makeup while getting ready for her friend's wedding in Monrovia, Liberia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674755040-FN5NUE5ELFNRL5OFUQ6J/DSC_7786.jpg Liberia Students from the More Than Me Academy are walked home in the slum community of West Point, Liberia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674988152-WLC74QP6U7G1CJ5IREGL/150414_Brewerville_Orphans_0035.jpg Liberia A boy receives a haircut near his home in Brewerville, Liberia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674594732-2FX4HS26DBT6YL60ZFZ1/Patience_Photo.jpg Liberia While cooking at her home in West Point, Patience had an epileptic seizure which caused severe burns over the the top part of her body. She was flown to the the United States where the scars on her face, neck, chest, and shoulders were treated with laser treatments to help reduce inflammation. Here, Patience poses for a photo at her home after returning to Liberia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674586439-YLINGHC3SO0RVW7YGSE8/151025_Liberia_PolioVaccinations_0047.jpg Liberia A UNICEF volunteer places a mark on the outside of a house after giving vaccinations to children living in the home in Monrovia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674625456-RX3AVRMMM6FNM15AF3X0/market2.jpg Liberia A girl walks through the waterside market in Liberia to sell goods. According to the WHO, approximately 64 percent of Liberians live below the poverty line ($1.25/day). This poverty often leads parents to force their children to sell on the streets for extra income. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674726407-LGLB6CZGOELMRMQV61H6/grile_3575_robertsport.jpg Liberia A boy competes in a surfing competition in Robertsport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674972664-8N6HYZMP8HGMX6535FRQ/150414_Brewerville_Orphans_0303.jpg Liberia The Liberian flag is raised at the beginning of the school day in Brewerville. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674641359-92QOQH5MVCN64QOV9IBZ/layersReal.jpg Liberia Street scene in West Point, a slum community in Monrovia, Liberia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674692766-QJW1JFVR1EY28Y2Z8LJD/headbump.jpg Liberia A boy plays soccer with other members of the organization, Life And Change through Sports (L.A.C.E.S.) while in the Matadi community in Monrovia, Liberia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674739703-BT52PSAOVJQOGZ4UQHRL/DSC_4089.jpg Liberia A boy runs across the road in Konia, Liberia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674778115-C0790TBWEPF5YUM72YDC/DSC_1139.jpg Liberia Two girls near the shoreline in the slum community of West Point, Liberia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1525459543854-F5DDL67T9C9SUCMH95GP/IMG_7180.jpg Liberia A family rests outside their home near Monrovia, Liberia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674989387-6GMT9885808B5SLOSPXG/150429_Liberia_UKNatComVisit_0838.jpg Liberia A woman looks after her sick child while inside the nutrition in-patient ward of JDJ Hospital, which has been the only operating pediatric hospital operating until March of 2015 in Liberia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674629550-2IC27L1YKFFAK7W2AVOM/WestPoint_boy_market.jpg Liberia A boy rests below a food stand in West Point, a slum community in Liberia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674967741-VJL28A1WK23M8NH21S9O/150506_Brewerville_Orphans_0361.jpg Liberia Adama Loyma, 32, of Brewerville, a single mother of one, adopted five children following the death of friend who died from Ebola. Loyma sells small peppers and small packets of charcoal at the local market. She received a $300 USD cash grant from UNICEF to help her increase her business and help take care of her children. Here, one of her adopted children, Precious, center right, sits on a wheelbarrow while waiting in line to get water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674819318-O5EIRU2TR3H3ZD448GUR/_DSC8075.jpg Liberia Albernita, a student at More Than Me Academy, stands inside a school classroom in West Point, Liberia, where she lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674684609-DJ0PK8DLWW53DDKHB63G/IMG_6246.jpg Liberia A wedding at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Monrovia, Liberia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674746606-11E1R37J7T6JDQEBUE1Y/DSC_8786.jpg Liberia Boys play in the ocean near their homes in West Point, Liberia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674751209-M4JBRDABTFZUWTDKMPHE/DSC_5710.jpg Liberia Girls form the More Than Me Academy play outside their homes in West Point, Liberia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674598857-ZYSR3MSLJW1WKAYOP6BN/10K_race-77.jpg Liberia A student at the More Than Me Academy wraps herself in the Liberian flag after the 2013 marathon in Monrovia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520674955673-154X7NLOXI2317TGN209/150511_Monrovia_EbolaFreeCelebration_0094.jpg Liberia Delegates and community members join President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for a day of celebration and thanksgiving at the Centennial Memorial Pavilion on Monday. During the service, the World Health Organization (WHO) gave the official Declaration to President Sirleaf that Liberia is free of the Ebola virus. During the celebration, those who were unable to fit in the jam packed pavilion, celebrated outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520675001186-BD5JVDZ9BFHQ3Y1FJ02E/141231-liberia-grile-077.jpg Liberia A man walks down a hallway inside the old Hotel Africa building. In 1979, President William Tolbert, Jr. led the Organization of African Unity conference in the hotel. It fell into disrepair during the country's 14-year civil war. https://www.sarahgrile.com/reflections-on-ebola-a-portrait-series daily 0.75 2020-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520702599191-I6F169PBW4OLQOJH1S71/151017_EbolaHeroes_SierraLeone_0052.jpg Reflections on Ebola: A Portrait Series Isata Mansaray, Ebola survivor and orphan, with her grandmother Fatmata Mansaray, Sierra Leone. “When I was released from the treatment centre I was told that my parents had gone to America, but later my uncle admitted to me that they had died. When they were alive, they were able to give me everything I needed — I was able to get my hair done. But I don’t feel too sad now because my grandmother is looking after me. A social worker comes and plays with me and asks how I’m doing. I want to be a bank manager so I can take care of my family, especially my grandma.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520702596423-81AEA3ZM6OAMQ9251U9K/151016_EbolaHeroes_SierraLeone_0214.jpg Reflections on Ebola: A Portrait Series Jan Sankoh, 13, Sierra Leone. “When Ebola came into the country, school was suspended. I was so scared at first I stayed in the house. Not everyone believed in Ebola, but I told them that they should believe it is real. Children have the right to go to school every day. When you learn, you will have everything. I want to be a scientist. I want to study about the stars and the moon. At night, I sometimes see shooting stars outside my house. That’s why I want to be a scientist.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520702589017-OV1PBIM9FOYHHP6F5L57/151016_EbolaHeroes_SierraLeone_0431.jpg Reflections on Ebola: A Portrait Series Fanny Mae Koroma, nurse, Sierra Leone. “The rules of Ebola, like not touching, went against our traditions. We had to tell people that running away or keeping secrets in the house was not going to help end Ebola. What helped was having a local person talk to the communities. They trusted me, and they knew I wouldn’t hurt them. There was no trust in the health system before, but now people understand about hygiene practices like washing hands. I hope that stays with people.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520702629562-49YEQG7Y0ZF8U8XXZ4CL/150919_Scout_Heroes_Guinea_0405.jpg Reflections on Ebola: A Portrait Series Marlaye Souma, national commissioner of the Boy Scouts, Guinea. “When you become a Scout you make a promise to stay a Scout for life. When Ebola entered the country, Unicef supported the Boy Scouts to distribute hygiene materials in communities. People trusted us and so we were able to help convince them that the disease was real and to teach them to use proper precautions to protect themselves. I’m proud to have contributed to the training of many young boys who are today giving a lot to their community.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520702639843-VKFA0N6DEHIF34XHJIGR/150918_EbolaHeroes_Guinea_0087.jpg Reflections on Ebola: A Portrait Series Housseinatou Sangar's step-daughter became ill and her step-son took her to a clinic. The family now believes that the siblings contracted Ebola while at the clinic because another patient was ill. Later, they both passed away from the disease. The family didn’t believe in Ebola at first and were very reluctant to work with organizations such as UNICEF. Her other step-son eventually agreed to wok with UNICEF and help convince the family that Ebola was a real disease. “Since I’m the grandma, I was living with my family taking care of everyone. My husband passed away a while ago.” When her family members started getting sick, she was really scared because she knew what people said about Ebola. Once they were given the vaccine, she had more peace. She told her family to be strong. She said, “Just believe in God." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520702644217-QP4F6O6NUWA3PA5BCA65/150918_EbolaHeroes_Guinea_0013.jpg Reflections on Ebola: A Portrait Series "The first person who was sick was my sister," remembers Ismael Koulibaly. "She was sick but we didn’t know she was sick. We thought it was a pulmonary disease. We took her to a clinic and there was another person who had Ebola while we were there. This is how we think she came down with Ebola." They took her to her parents house. She stayed for five days and then she passed away. They called the Red Cross who confirmed she died of Ebola. The family was scared. The Red Cross, UNICEF and the chief helped to explain the disease to them. Ismael was the first one to accept that his sister had died of this mysterious disease called Ebola. "At first, the family was scared. Again, many of the people didn’t go to school so it was difficult for the family to accept that it was Ebola. Since I am the one who is educated, I had to explain everything to the family for them to accept it. If I didn’t convince my family, many people were going to die and it was going to be a disaster.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520702607078-V4B3B89409C155GTU9IU/151010_EbolaHeroes_Liberia_0340.jpg Reflections on Ebola: A Portrait Series Pandora Hodge, student, Liberia. “We started doing cinema screenings in communities about Ebola, but I thought there was more we could do. We had 72 students involved and with support from the health ministry and Unicef we began going door-­to-­door. I would always inform the leaders first and then just talk to those who were willing to listen. We reached more than 400 communities. If Liberians start to put Liberia forward first, all the wishes that we have will come true. Development doesn’t come from a country, it comes from the people within the country.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520702616093-3000YEGSQM6WCRLTH3XB/151010_EbolaHeroes_Liberia_0118.jpg Reflections on Ebola: A Portrait Series Jessica Meufville, 17, Liberia. “We were trained on Ebola prevention, and we got a lot of information about Ebola that was different from what people here were saying. After the training, we went door­ to door to tell people how to protect themselves. It was challenging. A lot of people never accepted our message and it used to make me feel bad. Our supervisor used to encourage us and that motivation kept me moving, to talk to more people so more lives could be saved.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520702617120-3FQ4TJDIU14DXWO9XNP4/151009_EbolaHeroes_Liberia_0806.jpg Reflections on Ebola: A Portrait Series Tarlo Kerkula, Unicef county mobilisation coordinator, Liberia. “I went to the Slipway community to visit a home where there were two sick people and two dead bodies. I was going with volunteers to talk but didn’t know the family. They chased us away by throwing sticks and water at us. I had sleepless nights after that. I tried to involve the community leaders. What I’ve learned is that every community has its own solution. If you work with them you get the desired results.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520702648723-M9166K2BNNAQMQJVLMNG/150917_EbolaHeroes_Guinea_0260.jpg Reflections on Ebola: A Portrait Series Elhadj Cheikhouna Sylla, Imam, Guinea. “I was taken to a treatment centre to see people who were sick and that strengthened my belief in Ebola’s existence. I knew I had an important role to play in the community and I gave more than 20 speeches in the mosque to convince people about Ebola. When there was a case in the community, I’d talk to the family about taking the person to the treatment centre or having a safe burial if the person had died. Ebola has affected the way we live together, and my hope is that there is more peace in the country.” https://www.sarahgrile.com/mary daily 0.75 2018-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520728417910-JUANRFKUC2IE5FRGBP7R/150304_liberia_Mercy_132_02.jpg A Child's Resilience In 2013, Mercy Kennady's mother passed away from Ebola and she had nowhere to go. She was taken to a UNICEF supported interim care center where she spent 21 days in quarantine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520728531989-MQ8N7CD4RSFUS4S5R87A/150310_liberia_Mercy_0634.jpg A Child's Resilience Mercy, right, was later welcomed into the house of Martu Weefor, left, a family friend and neighbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520728534724-RQ3L0JKXAO8GSG3VVBPZ/150310_liberia_Mercy_0686.jpg A Child's Resilience Mercy, right, plays with her friends in her neighborhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520728474989-844YT58ITHY2VZWKZL2N/150310_liberia_Mercy_0152.jpg A Child's Resilience At the age of 9, Mercy, third from right, was given a grant to attend school for the first time in her life. Her mother had never been able to afford to send her to school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520728463585-574HYXQG2GC7ZL250RPO/150310_liberia_Mercy_0104.jpg A Child's Resilience Mercy attends class at a school in Monrovia. “She loves being around her friends. Everyone opens their arms to her. She never acts like anything bad happened to her in the past. She’s always smiling," sayd a teacher of Mercy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520728465025-UZXJEKFPBZLQ5F1XZ0OF/150310_liberia_Mercy_0133.jpg A Child's Resilience Mercy watches as a teacher corrects her homework while at school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520728485706-5CAJQNK1X4FFUEMLTOQH/150310_liberia_Mercy_0353.jpg A Child's Resilience Mercy is given a ride home with other girls who don't live within walking distance from the school. It takes about an hour for her to reach her house after the end of school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520728494716-MJT17I2I2NJQ85GY4LAJ/150310_liberia_Mercy_0491.jpg A Child's Resilience https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520728500859-UIQHYEAXM9L9QEGTTHQL/150310_liberia_Mercy_0509.jpg A Child's Resilience Fatu Johnson, pictured above on the left, speaks with Martu Weefor, Mercy's foster mother, at her house to let her know that Mercy was having a hard time with writing and completing her assignments. Martu asked the teachers to be patient with Mercy since it is her first time attending school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520728513966-Y92D4VXYAYOAKWZIXK1Z/150310_liberia_Mercy_0546.jpg A Child's Resilience Martu Weefor, Mercy's foster mother, helps her change out of her school uniform after arriving home from school. https://www.sarahgrile.com/mary-1 daily 0.75 2018-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1480963162745-XB569JCE3DQO18E8SPQK/151216_Gardnersville_Mary_0124.jpg Mary Mary sets up her clothing stand in the market area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1521144841947-2UY9KL93HRSYOIB1TEH2/151230_Gardnersville_Mary0085.jpg Mary Mary Howard used to live with her husband and children in Liberia before Ebola. She helped support her family by selling old clothes. In 2014, her husband and two of her children contracted Ebola. She went to visit him once at the Ebola Treatment Unit before coming down with the virus. She survived but her husband and two children did not make it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1480963183244-BJ6AO3YC4SDT4G1WZHZ9/151230_Gardnersville_Mary0089.jpg Mary After Mary's husband died, she could not afford to stay at her home with only her income. She moved in with her sister but was later asked to leave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1480963179153-8KB5KBEYVVL4IDRKQL2X/3B3A0743.jpg Mary Unable to afford land, Mary's cousin gave her property in the Snow Hill Community to build on in the swamp area. The location was not ideal due to the risk of flooding but she had to find a home for her family. She says, "Anything I could at the time for me and my children to survive, that's what I was doing." She was able to find support to help fund her scrap metal house. Mary is currently living with her nine children and grandchildren.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1480963156082-GXBN3ODQRV253QQ5N8EE/151216_Gardnersville_Mary_0085.jpg Mary To support herself and her family, Mary sells used clothing near the Gardnersville Market near her home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1480963147154-V6C4HZYC7OA9TFYC2PJ5/151210_Gardnersville_Mary_0171.jpg Mary Mary sits with her son, Issac, while selling used clothing at her booth near the Gardnersville Supermarket. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1480963173533-MTJLT09X76VUUAJW0VQ6/151216_Gardnersville_Mary_0212.jpg Mary Mary Howard's granddaughter, Mary, waits as her homework is reviewed by a teacher at a school near her home in the Snow Hill Community. Howard received support from the Ministry of Gender and UNICEF to help with schooling and other financial obligations but it has now stopped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1480963139101-B1G8QAO727JGK070M7QB/3B3A0829.jpg Mary Mary's children and grandchildren run towards their home in the Snow Hill Community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1521139799156-IQ85H3WWE8OZUYBBJNJ4/151230_Gardnersville_Mary0382.jpg Mary Mary prepares a meal for her children and grandchildren after returning home from selling at the market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1521139800205-I2XKFOXLL9IT881ZG4RU/151230_Gardnersville_Mary0147.jpg Mary Mary consoles her granddaughter, Mary. Two years after moving to the swamp area in the Snow Hill commmunity, she is still living hand to mouth. Having had only a little education, she is not able to find a better job to provide for her family. Still, she says " I am managing." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1480963172991-LGKWUBAFGS7BT8AW03EZ/151230_Gardnersville_Mary0662.jpg Mary The sun sets over Mary's home. https://www.sarahgrile.com/patrick-and-william daily 0.75 2022-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520703290009-FD1BR6O6ODW51YALMKWD/150828_Patrick_BacktoSchool_0228.jpg A New Normal Patrick Poopei, 7, walks with his father, William, through the Red Light District in Liberia. When William's uncle became ill in 2014 and traveled to Monrovia for care, his wife took care of him. She also became ill. William took his wife to several clinics to help find a cure for her but she later died in his arms. Soon after, William and his son, Patrick, both started showing similar symptoms. William's nephew convinced them to go to the Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU) where they both tested positive and were treated. They both survived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520703141821-77UETD5CJQAVSMW8YZBS/3B3A0546_2.jpg A New Normal William washes clothes outside of his home. As the sole provider, he now has taken over many jobs that his wife did in the past. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520703305868-RI3D4DGH4640QR7J8BTH/150828_Patrick_BacktoSchool_0085.jpg A New Normal Patrick, from left, plays with his brother, Jeremiah, at their home. Jeremiah never contracted Ebola while it was spreading through his family. “I try to give Patrick and Jeremiah toys and things I can afford”, William says. “When I can’t, I say, ‘My man, I can’t afford (it). Let us bear (it)for now.’” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520703321856-HC06O68M75NU8ZIVY9LL/150821_Patrick_BacktoSchool_0281.jpg A New Normal Patrick plays under the veranda during a heavy rain. Whenever William, his father, leaves the house, Patrick (at home) always wants to know where he is going, how long he will be out, and when he will return. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520703174335-TGPIDHPQDBIZS694SIWL/3B3A0284.jpg A New Normal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520703111713-Y081ZSXOWCRPA7NURMB3/3B3A0995.jpg A New Normal William and Patrick walk towards Patrick's school in Paynesville, a suburb of Monrovia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520703279652-Z1U35OQ3P775ZFEBNH3B/150828_Patrick_BacktoSchool_0405.jpg A New Normal “I am the father and I am the mother,” said William, who registers Patrick for school. He says, “I got all the forms and information. Before, when I was at work, my wife used to do all of this. Take them (Patrick and Jeremiah) to school and bring them back. Now, all the burden I have been taking it.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520703141569-88Z5KWAETLSVA7TTKR31/3B3A0790.jpg A New Normal William walks with Patrick to the lumber yard in Paynesville, Liberia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520703110891-T336BM4NQIW0K5D6KLKQ/3B3A0910.jpg A New Normal Patrick sits with his father, William, while spending time at the lumber yard where he used to work before contracting the disease. William spent all of his savings on paying for medical bills when trying to save his family and could not afford to start his business again. Over 15 of his family members passed away from the disease. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520703185945-OT7EL1TNY5EC72RC2IQH/150929_Patrick_BacktoSchool_0800.jpg A New Normal William helps Patrick get ready for school at their home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520703254318-6JZFM4XUR6Y1J11VJFFF/150929_Patrick_BacktoSchool_0136.jpg A New Normal Patrick attends school on the first day after summer break. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520703266340-XQX365X7OP4R9O88J7T0/150929_Patrick_BacktoSchool_0074.jpg A New Normal “It costs (lots of) money to put Patrick and Jeremiah in a good school. But I want him and his brother to have a good education and be independent, and be able to live good lives,” William says. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520703238496-AT1KL0A7OM3WRRNDYQBY/150929_Patrick_BacktoSchool_0277.jpg A New Normal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520703239115-BINSDHE6U1WEN20M0GCE/150929_Patrick_BacktoSchool_0268.jpg A New Normal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520703209867-31YOTN2BMDGECCPOFMMI/150929_Patrick_BacktoSchool_0582.jpg A New Normal Patrick hugs his father, William, while at school. “We don’t talk about it, but I know he misses his mother. In the morning, he gets close to me and hugs me like he did with his mother,” William says. In 2016, William passed away from an illness and Patrick and Jeremiah would later move to the United States to live with a family member. https://www.sarahgrile.com/florida-1 daily 0.75 2020-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520693490409-UG1DNYBCRP4OF0OEWQKQ/secret02.jpg Florida Sloane Moss, 11, right, whispers a secret to Diana Stoneking, 12, about the boy Stoneking likes while the two hang out at the Vero Beach Boys and Girls Club on Tuesday. Moss says that her and Stoneking, who both part of the Junior Staff of the club, are the "extra eyes and ears." Besides helping watch over the club, the two help others with homework and other activities along with completing 20 hours of community service each month. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520693483172-C5XCCCM3AJKYC4L5UXE5/rwb.jpg Florida "If I get one little kid to look at this and become a little more patriotic... part of my mission is complete," says Scott Lo Baido, a New York artist who hopes to paint 50 rooftops in each state with a unique American Flag design by Sept. 11. Here, LoBaido works on the north side of the Veterans Inc. Building's roof on Wednesday in his second day of painting. The whole roof, completed on Thursday, would take three days for Lo Baido. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520693478421-NZCD70R5NXKH4MC3WIWK/mikey.jpg Florida Carley Crowe, left, runs over to join Ryan Bradford, from middle left, Katie Raiff and Chelsea Brady, all friends of Michael Jr. Abt, to place flowers beside a cross with his name, before his memorial service at Treasure Coast Park begins on Wednesday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520693473205-VV4BF3OSRZC5E0N9EXFR/snow.jpg Florida Emmaleigh Sloan, 2, of Port St. Lucie, marvels in the fake snow while looking for a Christmas Tree with her family on Saturday at Santa's Christmas Tree Village located off of US 1 in Fort Pierce on Saturday. The tree village, which used to be located Lennard Road, was relocated this year to the new location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520693517252-99GVO67V1WKI9TEKS2F6/ircshallow1.jpg Florida "It's a part of old Florida...the good Lord just cut off a piece and left it here for us to enjoy," says Joe Middleton, who runs Middleton's Fish Camp, about the Blue Cypress Lake. Here, boaters travel through a shallow part of the drought affected lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520693479689-YJX29KONMVVANK2M04A4/npt+cp+veterans+1119+04.jpg Florida Sal Mancuso, center, of St. Lucie West, looks up at the sky after it begins to rain during the Veterans Day Service at Veterans Memorial Park in Port St. Lucie on Wednesday. Mancuso served in the 9th U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520693533218-77MGQM5HAHK8XTU4QV3V/elemtrack.jpg Florida School teams race during a county wide track and field day in central Florida. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520693561272-3O0CBIIO3J7BBG2GP4QA/0433450652.jpg Florida Teya Kyriacethys, 10, right, battles Victoria Anderson, 10, who are both in the fifth grade at the Masters Academy, in a sleeping bag fight while standing raised wooden boards during the school's annual Thanksgiving Feast on Tuesday. Micha Astin, 15, not pictured, who helped teach the younger students about historic living of the Pilgrims and Native Americans, said that the fights would have been over a river where someone would fall in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520693504342-ASGOG2GQCK0GL6F8IEPH/manonbike.jpg Florida A man rides his bike in downtown Fort Pierce, Florida. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520693532803-GOXZMELDH3L02TH05LGC/Giffshooting.jpg Florida Patricia Flowers, of Gifford, holds her daughter, Radeidra, while standing outside the house where her 14-year-old son, Gifford Middle School student Rockee Flowers, was shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520693511303-IKQQ0J5SITLSAMISPEZT/mexicoflag.jpg Florida Izamar Salinas, 15, who is a "Canditata A Reyna" or Queen Canditate for the Mexican Independence Day Celebration in Fellsmere, waves her flag before the Indepence Day parade begins on Saturday. Following the parade, a celebration was held at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with a variety of activities including soccer games, music, food and the crowning of the new queen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520693506849-K90T68RM6FUE36PW3587/laura%27shouse2.jpg Florida Laura Seymour takes a moment while working in her yard on Thursday afternoon in Vero Beach. Seymour's house was flooded during Hurricane Frances and she and her family lived in a tent until given a temporary FEMA trailer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520693467265-FUWRD2MD619FU1V90SWK/sg_poyrain.jpg Florida Rachel Hoch, 17, left, and Kelsey Fitzpatrick, 17, rest a moment while playing in the rain as graduates walk in during Sebastian River High School's graduation ceremony on Friday at the school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520693524816-HYDIDTNTL5TWXJR7TPZQ/gifford.jpg Florida A girl rides the bus home in Fort Pierce, Florida. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520693524463-FUL5ZD9KTA824BPQWCYB/JI7M6439.jpg Florida A patient at Martin Memorial Hospital receives ashes on Ash Wednesday while receiving care at the hospital. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520693538215-3TSMD6APJN4H7DZ1EB67/fishsg.jpg Florida A boat docks near Fort Pierce Inlet State Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520693565618-O96C31W7HFVQL7BDB07F/0434762586.jpg Florida Jensen Beach High School students lift up Adam Powell after winning the game against Martin County High School 54 to 51 on Friday at JBHS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520693554811-9Q4Q7XIANXJSICZIMIM9/011810+tc+orphan.jpg Florida Abbey McArthur, a teacher at Three Angels Children's Orphanage in Petionville, Haiti hugs Reece Yunker, 8, a recently adopted orphan, after he comes out of customs at the St. Lucie County International Airport on Monday night. All 26 orphans from Three Angels Children's Orphanage in Petionville, Haiti were brought to the airport on Monday in a Hendrick Motorsports jet loaned to Missionary Flights International . Final arrangements were made on Monday early afternoon in Haiti, leaving adoptive parents scrambling to find ways to meet their children. Some parents, who had been in the process of adopting children from the orphanage for over two years, traveled from states like Michigan and Indiana to meet their children. The orphanage is one of the fist that was allowed to bring children into the United States according to its website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5841cef1cd0f6846c83d92cc/1520693554308-7D5UCYU148VQXIZRKR7T/_stuart_fire.jpg Florida City of Stuart Fire Rescue's Troy Bowser, a Lieutenant, from left, and Paul Moyer, a Firefighter, look for hot spots while helping contain the remnants of fire on Thursday that encompassed ninety acres from Stuart to Rio on Wednesday. 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