NBCNews.com is telling 24 stories of children and families affected by Ebola to capture the untold personal tragedy brought by each death.
Ebola has infected at least 13,000 people in West Africa, and killed at least 5,000. If the deadly virus isn't stopped, the CDC estimates that up to 1.4 million people could be infected by the end of January 2015. To help support the groups at the frontline of this disease, donate at Facebook.com/FightEbola.