“When we first arrived at the village, things started well. We told people we’d come to explain about Ebola and to learn why they didn’t want medical teams to come to the village and help their families,” says Hina Teguiano, a young local volunteer who was part of the nine-person team that visited the village of Kolobengu on 14 July. “As we were talking with them, a car drove up, and that’s when things changed.”