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Freetown, 21 March 2016 - On the eve of World Water Day, UNICEF said the push to bring safe water to millions around the world is going to be even more challenging due to climate change, which threatens both water supply and water safety for millions of children living in drought- or flood-prone areas.

The effects of climate change are felt through water (or the absence of it) - floods, storms and droughts. Water supplies which are destroyed or contaminated put the lives of millions of children at risk; without clean water, children are at risk of diseases such as diarrhea, which already kills more than 800 children under five every day.

A non-governmental organization, Aurora Foundation in-collaboration with Sam Skip has on Friday 18th March, 2016 held a one week Information and Technology (IT) training session for 85 youths of various learning institutions across the country.

The Executive Director of Aurora Foundation, Madam Regina Bjarnadottir said, Sam Skip is a shipping and logistics company based in Iceland and Holland. She confirmed that Sam Skip had been donating computers to charitable homes in Holland but has now extended their charity to Sierra Leone.

Although Ebola virus RNA was detected at low levels, more evidence is needed to better understand the duration and infectivity of the virus in breast milk, the guidance stated. Spontaneous galactorrhea also was reported in female survivors up to 9 months after symptom onset. Studies assessing the viruses’ persistence are ongoing.

Guinea reports 5th Ebola death as Liberia closes border

A fifth person has died from Ebola virus infection in southeast Guinea in recent days—raising fears of geographic spread—as the country monitors more than 800 possible contacts and Liberia closed its border with Guinea, Reuters reported in separate stories.

The latest case was detected in Macenta prefecture, about 125 miles from the village of Koropara where the four other recent Ebola-related deaths occurred, said Fode Sylla Tass, a spokesman for the country's Ebola response efforts, Reuters reported today.

The man had recently visited Koropara and had been in direct contact with the first patients, Tass said. He was buried in the village of Makoidou without proper disease-control measures.