of Ebola and tactics for how to beat the virus, which includes spreading the word and working as a team.
In Unison: #KickingEbolaOutOfWestAfrica
MCF hopes to expand their work in to Sierra Leone and Guinea in the future.
Inspired by his own discovery of a direct genetic link to the Mende people of Sierra Leone, Washington founded The Gondobay Manga Foundation, which advocates cooperative planning to achieve timely improvements in the lives of the people of Sierra Leone. Washington used the occasion of his 45th birthday (August 3, 2008) to kick off a campaign entitled 'Reach One Million.'
Spearheaded through his organization, The Gondobay Manga Foundation, the campaign is the brainchild of Washington, who has set a goal of raising $250,000 to help improve the lives of one million children in Sierra Leone — one village, one region, at a time.
Throughout November 2014, Washington posted updates of his latest venture to raise awareness about Ebola to his Facebook wall. The goal of the public service announcement or advertisement (PSA) is #KickingEbolaOutOfWestAfrica.
Washington has been shooting with his two sons, representing the Leone Stars national team of Sierra Leone, and his daughter, representing Brazil. Lan Bui is the director of #KickingEbolaOutOfWestAfrica PSA.
Recently, someone asked online what Washington has done during the Ebola crisis, to which Mr. Washington replied:
“I talked to my tribal brother Raymond Scott-Manga, who lives in Sierra Leone last month regarding the Ebola Crisis and he’s telling me that Malaria, Tetanus and Hernias are still killing our people in Salone just as aggressively as this current Ebola Crisis.
On Friday, December 5, actor and philanthropist Isaiah Washington attended the ‘United Against Ebola Benefit’ at Landmark in Central Park, New York City. The event was hosted by Matt Dillon, Bonnie Young, Hans Humes and MacDella Cooper. The MacDella Cooper Foundation (MCF) is a charitable organization dedicated to providing young people in Liberia, especially orphans and abandoned children, with an education and the basic necessities of food, clothing, and shelter.
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