A single station. A critical corridor.

An Ebola outbreak was declared in eastern Congo on 15 May 2026. The Bundibujyo strain involved has no available vaccine, and cases have already been confirmed in Goma and western Uganda. Virunga National Park spanning 300 kilometres through the heart of the affected region, is deploying five screening stations along the main travel corridors to help prevent further spread.

This project funds the construction of a single screening station, providing critical infrastructure to stop the disease before it spreads further.

  • Milestone 1

    Start of Build

  • Milestone 2

    Completion of Screening Station Build

  • Milestone 3

    Evaluation and reporting

  • Milestone 1

    Start of Build
    The sponsor will be notified when the screening station build has started.

  • Milestone 2

    Completion of Screening Station Build
    The sponsor will be notified once the station has been built and equipped.

  • Milestone 3

    Evaluation and reporting
    At the conclusion of the six-month deployment, the sponsor will receive a report summarising operations, travellers screened, and outcomes.

OPERATIONAL CONTEXT

Two thirds of Virunga National Park and most of its personnel operate within the Ebola-affected area. The park’s 300-kilometre extent creates a natural barrier and a network of monitoring points across the main routes used by travellers leaving the epidemic zone.

Virunga staff have an established record of maintaining operations under conditions of extreme insecurity, and the park’s community networks – reaching tens of thousands of families through cooperatives in coffee, cocoa, and palm oil – significantly improve acceptance and compliance at screening points.

WHY THIS MATTERS

Containing an Ebola outbreak depends on identifying cases before they move. Screening travellers at key transit points is one of the most effective tools available and one of the few that can be deployed rapidly at scale.

This station could screen up to several thousand people per day across a six-month deployment, providing an early warning layer for one of the most exposed corridors in the region.