“I am in contact with Medshare, Africare and Congresswoman Karen Bass to discuss how to accelerate getting enough serum to Salone, but the media and other factors are making it extremely hard to get people to want to travel to Salone with all of the widespread fear.
Over the last 8 years, Washington has spent over a million dollars of his own money to raise awareness about all the good reasons Sierra Leone is more than the place where the “Blood Diamond War” and thousands of amputations took place.
In an opinion piece published by The Washington Post on December 8, on what Democrats and Republicans could do to support President Obama’s request for Ebola aid, Julian Zelizer wrote:
"Football is "like a second religion in Sierra Leone." That was before the Ebola outbreak put a stop to organized games, casual kick-abouts, and people gathering to watch the national sport. Here, a fan shows his colors."
[Editor’s note: Insert fan in green, white and blue photo here and credit The Washington Post]
Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and a New America fellow, also quoted Sierra Leone Football Association president Isha Johansen:
"This virus is about sweat, blood, and interaction,” she said. "And that's football. There's a lot of interaction, there's a lot of sweat and blood."
"The Shooting of an Ebola Public Service Announcement by Actor Isaiah Washington with Son and Daughter as part of the project"
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