His mother died of Ebola a day earlier, Katsiwa said.
Collateral victims
Many children are collateral victims, such as Luc, a five-year-old boy playing football with Consolee Katsiwa, a psychologist in a creche run by UNICEF."We are keeping him under observation since he was in direct contact with his mother," she said, adding that he would be monitored for 21 days - the time taken for the virus to incubate.At a school in Butembo, five pupils carefully take notes during an Ebola awareness programme.
"I would like to raise awareness among my brothers in Butembo, to tell them that the disease exists, that it is a reality and that it's not stuff that has been invented.
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