Urgent Ebola Support: Save DRC-Uganda Border Lives

Dear Donor,

During public health emergencies, older persons are among those who may face heightened challenges in accessing food, essential services, and everyday support. For elderly people living in vulnerable households, disrupted livelihoods, limited mobility, and the financial pressures associated with an outbreak can make meeting basic daily needs especially difficult.

Thanks to your generous support, Development Alert has provided 100 elderly people with basic food supplies, helping them meet immediate household needs and easing some of the hardship they face during this challenging period.

This intervention recognizes that protecting communities during an Ebola response must go beyond disease prevention. It must also address the practical needs of vulnerable people, particularly those who may have limited income, depend on family members for assistance, or struggle to access essential supplies independently.

By providing food assistance, we are helping older persons maintain their dignity, reduce food insecurity, and feel supported rather than forgotten during an uncertain time. The intervention also helps reduce the pressure on vulnerable individuals to make unnecessary journeys in search of basic necessities.

We are deeply grateful to our donors for making this support possible. Your generosity is bringing relief to older people who need it most and strengthening the community-wide response to the crisis.

With your continued support, we can reach more elderly people and vulnerable households with food assistance, hygiene supplies, and other essential support. Every contribution helps ensure that no one is left behind.

Dear Donor,

Preventing the spread of Ebola requires more than medical interventions. It also depends on communities having the knowledge, practical skills, and confidence to adopt safe hygiene practices and recognize potential risks early. Village Health Teams (VHTs) play a vital role in this effort because they are trusted community links between households and the wider health system.

With your generous support, Development Alert has supported a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) awareness campaign targeting 200 Village Health Team members (VHTs). The campaign focuses on strengthening their understanding of Ebola prevention and equipping them to share accurate, practical hygiene messages with the households and communities they serve.

Key areas of awareness include:

• Hand hygiene: Promoting regular and proper handwashing with soap and safe water.

• Environmental sanitation: Encouraging clean household surroundings and appropriate waste management.

• Safe hygiene practices: Reinforcing precautions that reduce the risk of exposure to potentially infectious body fluids and contaminated materials.

• Community awareness: Helping VHTs communicate prevention messages, address misinformation, and encourage people to seek guidance promptly when symptoms or suspected exposure arise.

• Household engagement: Supporting families to adopt practical measures that protect children, caregivers, and other vulnerable members.

By strengthening the knowledge of 200 frontline community health volunteers, this campaign creates an important opportunity to extend Ebola prevention awareness to many more households. It also reinforces the role of community-led action in building safer and more resilient communities.

We sincerely thank you for making this intervention possible. Your support is empowering local health champions with the knowledge to protect their communities and helping turn prevention awareness into everyday action.

Together, we can strengthen community preparedness, promote safer hygiene practices, and help prevent the spread of Ebola.