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SALT LAKE CITY — A local nonprofit foundation known for its involvement in the arts, education and medical communities throughout Utah has donated $1.5 million to aid the fight against Ebola in west Africa.
The Sorenson Legacy Foundation has given money to three separate international health organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, International Medical Corps and Samaritan's Purse, to help provide supplies, physician and health worker training and the capacity to hire additional staff to help with matters in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Mali.
"It's easy to think of Ebola as something that is only an issue in a handful of African countries, but really it is a global issue," said Ann Crocker, president of the Sorenson Legacy Foundation.
"We are extremely honored to play a small part in helping these stellar health organizations in their efforts to combat and eradicate this horrible disease," Crocker added.
It's easy to think of Ebola as something that is only an issue in a handful of African countries, but really it is a global issue.
–Ann Crocker, Sorenson Legacy Foundation
The World Health Organization has called the current epidemic the largest in history, resulting in more cases and deaths than in all other Ebola outbreaks combined.
It reports more than 22,000 cases and 8,795 deaths resulting from the outbreak, the first of which appeared in March 2014.