Her
reign as Miss West Africa International 2013 might be over, but her
goodwill still continues. Hawa Kamara, recently stated “Sierra Leone is
putting an end to its Ebola epidemic, but Ebola was not just an illness
that came and went like the flu, a lot of families were destroyed,
children, adults, girls and boys. So the question is when we say we have
ended Ebola, that is great, but if we do not react to the aftermath,
then we have not ended the destruction of the illness”.
Hawa
Kamara is also originally from Sierra Leone is currently reaching out
for celebrities across west Africa to consider supporting victims of the
Ebola epidemic aftermath via her non profit organization Girl Pikin 4
Betteh. An organization that focuses on young girls who are now more
vulnerable to the ills of society due to lack of wealth, family and/or
homes.
“The
problem is most of Africans in 'non-hit' Ebola countries see the issue
we face as something separate to them, we need to remember that the only
thing that separates us here are manmade borders in Africa. In fact if
some of these countries were as big as Nigeria, whatever happened in
their neighboring country would be considered as their national problem.
We need to work together, if you are comfortable, give up a little time
for others so we can all have a decent life, and this is what Gal Pikin
4 Better is about. If our celebrities are capable of pouring Ice water
on you for disabilities in foreign countries then we can trust your
ability to be involved in this”
The
Gal Pikin 4 Betteh organization would be in full effect and active
before mid-2015. For now the work is being put on the ground to raise
concern and support for victims of the Ebola epidemic, mainly young
girls who might not be given a chance at a trade, or skill and might be
pushed through the wrong channels of life.
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