Ebola survivors football club
The Ebola Survivors’ Football Club provides a support network for survivors of the disease and helps battle negative stigmas in the community. It was founded by Erison Turay, who lost 38 members of his own family to Ebola, in his hometown of Kenema, 300km east of Freetown. The piece was commissioned by the New York Times and won a World Press Photo award in 2016.