15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Ebola orphan

An Ebola orphan in Port Loko, Sierra Leone, receives a new mattress. As victims succumbed to the victims, survivors burned their mattresses to halt the disease’s spread. There were an estimated 12,000 Ebola orphans in Sierra Leone alone.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 04.2015
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Port Loko, Sierra Leone
Copyright: © Matthew Taylor