Anita Dullard is an IFRC communications delegate, deployed to Liberia in January 2015 by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Last week, the Red Cross launched a global campaign, Words Against Ebola, to promote knowledge, fight stigma, alleviate fear, and overcome complacency through the sharing of positive words. www.wordsagainstebola.org
Today is the one year since the Ebola outbreak was officially confirmed in Liberia. Since then more than 4,000 people have died and there have been more than 9,000 cases. I've been here a few months. I came because I knew I'd be relatively safe and because I thought I could contribute something, because I wanted to show my solidarity. I had no idea how much I would learn about solidarity from my Liberian colleagues in such a short time.
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