In the Guinean village of Meliandou, Etienne Ouamouno looks through photos of his wife and family.<br/> <br />His son, just two at the time, was the first victim to have died of Ebola in December of last year. Shortly thereafter, his daughter and wife also died.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Kissi) ETIENNE OUAMOUNO, WHO LOST HIS SON, DAUGHTER AND WIFE TO EBOLA, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Before my children Emile and Philomène died, they loved to play with a ball. My wife liked to carry the baby on her back."<br/> <br />Scientists have traced the current outbreak back to this village.<br/> <br />Here, it's children who've been the worst affected- either falling ill or becoming orphaned, or both.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (French) UNICEF CHILD PROTECTION OFFICER, FASSOU ISIDOR LAMA, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We noticed that with this crisis, which is almost a humanitarian catastrophe, people flee their villages, and abandon their families and their children. They reject the infected children and the other infected family members. That's why UN
