Disasters Emergency Committee  [to 8 November 2014]
http://www.dec.org.uk/
[Action Aid, Age International, British Red Cross, CAFOD, Care International, Christian Aid, Concern Worldwide, Islamic Relief, Oxfam, Plan UK, Save the Children, Tearfund and World Vision]

8m people reached
6/11/2014
Member agencies of the Disasters Emergency Committee have reached over 8 million people in the fight to tackle the devastating Ebola crisis in west Africa.

Over half a million people have received practical support and 7.5 million people have received vital public health information to keep themselves safe and stop the spread of the disease.

DEC member agencies and their partners have supported over 415,000 people in their homes or health clinics with water, sanitation and hygiene services or supplies. Partners of the British Red Cross have provided treatment for 143 people infected with Ebola, safely buried over 3,800 bodies of people infected or potentially infected with Ebola and have traced almost 50,000 people who have had contact with Ebola carriers so they could be quarantined, tested or treated. Members have also provided food to over 80,000 people, many of whom are living under quarantine.

Over 35,000 volunteers are getting life safe-messages across through street theatre, house to house information sessions and religious services, and members have also used radio broadcast to share life-saving information about how to avoid catching the disease, how to identify if a loved one might be infected and encouraging those infected to seek early treatment…