One of the great advantages of living and working in this kind of setting is that you get the best of both worlds. The Academy has a daily routine that helps the days away from friends and family to fly by but also life out here is always full of surprises to keep you on your toes and stop you getting bored.
At the moment one of those surprises is the confirmation of the spread of the deadly Ebola virus within Sierra Leone. It was only a matter of time before it arrived really, the border between Sierra Leone and Guinea (where the outbreak initially started in March) is regularly crossed for trade reasons, and to visit relatives displaced in the civil war.
