AWE Media Sierra Leone

By: Ibrahim Jalloh - Jallomy ✍️ The Ebola virus ended about five years ago. It was a moment of agony with undescribable loss to Sierra Leone. As we counted the loss, we noted very useful lessons learned. One of such lessons is the the effectiveness of the weapon of resilience. Another lesson is the culture of standing together and fighting together in the face of the common enemy. Whenever Sierra Leone is in lethal crisis, the citizens will disengage from predatory tribal, regional and Political ties and submit to the national cause.  Today, the Coronavirus is here with shocking outcomes. The entire response efforts are benefiting from from an abundant political will, a reliable and tested instutional memory, a conspicuous national mindset in fighting viral diseases, a responsive international development partners' network and inherited response structures from the predecessor of the Coronavirus, the Ebola. On the flip side, we stand to lose on account of the insatiability of a gro...