Nairobi—Fifty-year-old Milton Oloo has labored as a shipment loading agent at Jomo Kenyatta Global Airport in Nairobi, Kenya for the final 30 years. Despite the fact that he handles a number of tonnes of shipment day by day, each and every once in a while a memorable load comes his manner.  

It used to be the case with the cargo of shipment from International Well being Group (WHO)’s Emergency Preparedness and Response hub in Nairobi, Kenya, on 20 Might 2026.  

The hub has shipped 11 tonnes of well being emergency provides and kit from Jomo Kenyatta Global Airport without delay to Bunia in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the place an outbreak of Ebola disease outbreak brought about via Bundibugyo virus used to be declared on 15 Might 2026.  

Oloo has been phase of the staff that has loaded two consignments: an preliminary 5 tonnes adopted two days later via some other six tonnes.

“I wish to make sure that the shipment leaving for the Democratic Republic of the Congo is definitely taken care of and loaded in a transparent manner in order that it is probably not broken,” says Oloo.

The consignment integrated non-public protecting apparatus, case control kits and provides to facilitate protected and dignified burials. Those provides save lives and offer protection to well being employees, circle of relatives and neighborhood participants.

Oloo’s cautious and thoughtful dealing with of the shipment is his manner of expressing cohesion with other folks suffering from this disease outbreak.  

“The shipment must achieve the Democratic Republic of the Congo safely with the intention to save lives of the other folks dwelling there,” he says. “When a existence is stored, I additionally really feel glad.”