Hannes Depuydt

During the Ebola epidemic, 28-year-old Hannes worked for the MSF mission in Freetown, Sierra Leone. As an expert in water, hygiene and sanitation, the Belgian was primarily responsible for decontaminating houses where Ebola sufferers had lived.

This task inevitably involved invading the privacy of the persons concerned.

You’re a stranger going in, you see their whole life in that room

explains Hannes. He therefore tried to be as respectful as possible while carrying out his work.