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A man has turned to crowd-funding to try and get him out to central Africa to help with the outbreak of Ebola.
Dean Miller, who owns his own decontamination company, wants to go out to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with a product he believes could reduce the spread of the deadly virus.
More than 1,800 people have died and at least 2,700 have been infected during the disease's latest outbreak.
The Dock Road, Chatham resident used to work as a salesman for a decontaminant called Decon7, and now works for himself applying the product to crime scenes, ambulances and other buildings which need a deep clean.
He wants to use the money raised to travel to the DRC with enough of the product to equip health workers with the know-how on how to use it to contain the spread.
He said: "I need to get out there with the product, give them the support with the training.
"If this doesn't get contained, we are talking about hundreds of thousands of deaths.
"It's so volatile in the DRC that it makes it hard for health workers to go out there and help."
The 34-year-old formed his company, Safe Elimination Services last year.
He has been invited to speak with officials from the DRC's embassy in London after reaching out to them.
He said: "I just felt like I should act on it. I care about the humanitarian process and the people.
"I want to go out there even if it's the last thing I do in my life; I can't sit back and do nothing.
"I will be training the Congolese people to use the product, and I want to empower them, educate them about the spread of disease and then it's up to them to help.
"I can do things to help them fight it, but it's up to them to stop the spread."
To donate to Dean's page click here .
