{"id":90124,"date":"2026-06-02T11:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=90124"},"modified":"2026-06-02T11:54:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:54:30","slug":"as-congo-grapples-with-ebola-volunteers-cook-up-meals-to-support-patients-and-health-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/06\/02\/as-congo-grapples-with-ebola-volunteers-cook-up-meals-to-support-patients-and-health-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"As Congo grapples with Ebola, volunteers cook up meals to support patients and health workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA24D4Kd.img?w=800&h=435&q=60&m=2&f=jpg\" alt=\"Congo Ebola:\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Arlette Basekawike, a volunteer for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/united-nations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">United Nations<\/a>\u00a0food agency in Bunia, the heart of Congo\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/ebola\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">Ebola<\/a> outbreak, spends most of her time in a small shed outside a health facility preparing meals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/other\/as-congo-grapples-with-ebola-volunteers-cook-up-meals-to-support-patients-and-health-workers\/ar-AA24DmnR?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a1e8f90e9ea4ed0bf6d4ebbd2986331&cvpid=0d2b3fcca2c74e1ebe2796734fda8ac8&ei=33#image=4\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 Arlette Basekawike, a volunteer for the\u00a0United Nations\u00a0food agency in Bunia, the heart of Congo\u2019s\u00a0Ebola outbreak, spends most of her time in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ebola"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Congo-cooking-for-Ebola.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90124"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90127,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90124\/revisions\/90127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}