Dear World,

In just over six months, Ebola has managed to bring my country to a standstill. We have
lost over 2,000 Liberians. Some are children struck down in the prime of their youth.
Some were fathers, mothers, brothers or best friends. Many were brave health workers
that risked their lives to save others, or simply offer victims comfort in their final moments.
There is no coincidence Ebola has taken hold in three fragile states – Liberia, Sierra Leone
and Guinea – all battling to overcome the effects of interconnected wars. In Liberia, our
civil war ended only eleven years ago. It destroyed our public infrastructure, crushed our
economy and led to an exodus of educated professionals. A country that had some
3,000 qualified doctors at the start of the war was dependent by its end on barely three
dozen. In the last few years, Liberia was bouncing back. We realized there was a long
way to go, but the future was looking bright.

Now Ebola threatens to erase that hard work. Our economy was set to be larger and
stronger this year, offering more jobs to Liberians and raising living standards. Ebola is not
just a health crisis – across West Africa, a generation of young people risk being lost to an
economic catastrophe as harvests are missed, markets are shut and borders are closed.
The virus has been able to spread so rapidly because of the insufficient strength of the
emergency, medical and military services that remain under-resourced and without the
preparedness to confront such a challenge. This would have been the case whether the
confrontation was with Ebola, another infectious disease, or a natural disaster.

But one thing is clear. This is a fight in which the whole world has a stake. This disease
respects no borders. The damage it is causing in West Africa, whether in public health,
the economy or within communities – is already reverberating throughout the region and
across the world.

The international reaction to this crisis was initially inconsistent and lacking in clear
direction or urgency. Now finally, the world has woken up. The community of nations has
realized they cannot simply pull up the drawbridge and wish this situation away.
This fight requires a commitment from every nation that has the capacity to help – whether
that is with emergency funds, medical supplies or clinical expertise.

I have every faith in our resilience as Liberians, and our capacity as global citizens, to face
down this disease, beat it and rebuild. History has shown that when a people are at their
darkest hour, humanity has an enviable ability to act with bravery, compassion and
selflessness for the benefit of those most in need.

From governments to international organisations, financial institutions to NGOs, politicians
to ordinary people on the street in any corner of the world, we all have a stake in the
battle against Ebola. It is the duty of all of us, as global citizens, to send a message that
we will not leave millions of West Africans to fend for themselves against an enemy that
they do not know, and against whom they have little defence.

The time for talking or theorizing is over. Only concerted action will save my country, and
our neighbours, from experiencing another national tragedy. The words of Henrik Ibsen
have never been truer: “A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a
single deed.

Yours sincerely,
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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I feel sorry 4 u

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be strong brothers and sisters.joy will surely come in the morning.*Silently saying a prayer to my brothers and sisters in Liberia.Sierra leone and Guinea.

Good one Mr President... No need hiding your problems when you have no resources to solve them.

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