In her free time Isha Turay, an 18-year-old Sierra Leonean student, sells vegetables on Malama Thomas Street in the heart of the bustling capital, Freetown, so that she and her siblings can eat.
But for three days, starting at midnight on Thursday, her stand will be abandoned during a nationwide lock down aimed at helping Sierra Leone fight an outbreak of Ebola ravaging the country and the region.
“If we don’t sell, we cannot eat,” Turay said, splashing water over a stack of carrots to keep them fresh in the searing afternoon heat. “We don’t know how we can survive in this lock down. More suffering.”
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