Keeping the Faith: The Role of Faith Leaders in the Ebola Response

Publication language
English
Pages
4pp
Date published
01 Jul 2015
Type
Factsheets and summaries
Keywords
Capacity development, Community-led, Disasters, Epidemics & pandemics, Response and recovery
Countries
Liberia, Sierra Leone
Organisations
Christian Aid

With its focus on faith leaders, this study uses the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone and Liberia to explore the relationship between humanitarianism and religion and seeks to provide evidence, in real time, of the role of faith leaders in the Ebola response. It offers recommendations for how faith leaders can support the recovery efforts of the affected countries and it contributes to a discussion on the broader role of faith in humanitarian response.