KEO Foundation
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A non-profit legal entity, launched September 1st 2014, inspired by
the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. KEO = Knock Ebola Out
The KEO Foundation is Led by an all-volunteer leadership team with deep roots in Africa. Collectively, they spend a significant time and focus on charitable and family activities related to Africa, including regular trips to the continent. The leadership team is driven by a responsibility and opportunity to leverage their extensive backgrounds in the business world in the USA and knowledge of Africa to help deliver creative solutions that are impactful to the communities we seek to serve.
11/15/2014
In Ebola Outbreak in Liberia, a Family’s Strength Can Be Its Fatal Flaw The Doryen family, unbowed survivors of Liberia’s civil war, saw seven members die from the virus in a matter of months and lost its sense of unity.
11/15/2014
Ebola and the Lost Children of Sierra Leone Shutting schools doesn’t assure safety from Ebola. It damages chances for a nation’s recovery.
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/12-november-2014-mali/en/
WHO | Mali confirms its second fatal case of Ebola virus disease Mali’s Ministry of Health has confirmed the country’s second fatal case of Ebola virus disease. The case occurred in a nurse who worked at a privately-run clinic in the capital city, Bamako.
10/03/2014
Ebola Overwhelming West Africa Communities Ebola is sweeping into areas of West Africa that had been largely spared the onslaught. The consequences in places like the General Hospital in Makeni, Sierra Leone, have been devastating.
09/23/2014
CDC: Ebola could infect 1.4 million in West Africa by end of January if trends continue Data suggest total number of cases is underreported by a factor of 2.5 in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
09/22/2014
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/09/20/world/africa/ebola-outbreak.html?referrer=
Sierra Leone Begins 3-Day Lockdown to Fight Ebola Outbreak The population was ordered to stay indoors, while 20,000 volunteers were enlisted to identify households where people infected with the Ebola virus are hiding.
09/15/2014
Back to the Slums of His Youth, to Defuse the Ebola Time Bomb Liberia remains desperately short on everything needed to halt the spread of Ebola, but an epidemiologist is working block by block to fill a crucial need: the support of residents.
KEO team would like to thank everyone who donated via our website, in kind and goods. This is a collective effort, please help us achieve this great milestone and save peoples lives.
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