Ebola: Liberia's Artists Take on the Deadly Virus

How one group is working to stop the deadly virus from spreading.

ByABC News
December 23, 2014, 3:40 PM

— -- Four of Liberia's locally renowned artists have banded together as Artists Without Borders to tackle Ebola.

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This homegrown group -- based on Doctors Without Borders -- may not be health workers on the front lines, but they are using their skills to encourage Ebola prevention in a way that all Liberians will understand: visual art.

Duke Appleton, Leslie Lumeh, Frank Dwuye and Fumba Kromah collaborated on the first expansive mural in the capital city of Monrovia.

In a country where the majority of the population can not read, they say the painted stories on the wall can reach a big audience and have an even bigger impact.