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Feared and forgotten, Congo’s Ebola orphans work to survive

Feared and forgotten, Congo’s Ebola orphans work to survive

KAHINDO SIFA BAHATI SINCE Ebola killed her parents in 2019, Congolese teenager Patience has done various jobs to provide for her three younger siblings, from warehouse work to washing clothes for neighbours. Her mother's dream was for all of the children to finish school, but the oldest three had to drop out and find work after their parents died during the Democratic Republic of Congo's 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak - the country's deadliest on record. "Since our parents died, we don't miss any opportunities to make money," 16-year-old Patience said in the eastern city of Butembo, the epicentre of the Ebola…
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