How Orlando Bloom Raised Ebola Awareness In Liberia

Orlando Bloom returned to the U.S. after visiting the Ebola-stricken country of Liberia.

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The actor is a long-time Unicef Goodwill Ambassador and was in Liberia to help raise awareness of the ongoing Ebola outbreak that started a year ago in West Africa. He discussed the deadly virus with youth and local religious leaders and practiced the elbow-to-elbow "Ebola handshake."

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Bloom helped medical personnel administer polio vaccines to children and took part in a youth theatre program while he was there.

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He also sat down with a single mother of five children who was able to enroll her children in school and hopes to have a home of their own soon, thanks to a Unicef cash transfer program that targets the poorest families.

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