Life after Death

Ebola ravaged West Africa in 2014. The village of Barkedu, situated about 250 miles northeast of the Liberia's capital, was among the hardest hit. Over 150 people died here. From Since December (which December?) the north-east of Liberia was declared Ebola free.
A woman who represents the area spoke with the NPR journalist and said that there where had been about forty days without any case of Ebola.
Now the town is out of Ebola outbreak.
At first glance, all come everything is back to normal: the market and the health clinic had have just reopened, hunters come are going back into the forest and public gatherings are safe again.
But by from talking to people we realized that Ebola has caused trauma and disruption. These feelings consequences will stay be felt in Barkedu for a long time.
Haya is a farmer. When the journalist talked to her she was working in her garden, digging up Taro plants that were really too small to harvest dig up. She said that she was digging up the plants because her family hadn't anything to eat. Her parents in law in-laws got sick and died, her husband got traumatized and stopped going to the farm so the rice became spoiled.
Haya's husband is still traumatized because he couldn't give to provide his parents with a grave, he doesn't even know where they were buried.
The first Ebola case in Barkedu was Laiye Barwor. He was one of the favourite sons of the village. When he got sick, the whole town came to him. They knew nothing about Ebola, and when the Ebola campaign arrived, people were confused and they didn't believe in it.
Laiye died during the journey to Guinea where some healers were waiting for him. His body was washed and dressed for his funeral by 30 people. All of them took had contact with the virus. Ebola spread through the village. Whole families died.
In the whole village Only about two dozen people in the whole village survived the disease. One survivor is a boy, 23 years old, who got sick with his parents. His parents died. Now he is very sad because he can't see them anymore and he can't return to his studies because he is the only one left to look after his 6 siblings. About 21,000 people have been infected by the Ebola outbreak. Over 8,500 people have died.
http://apps.npr.org/life-after-death/

Some great writing there despite the sad subject. I had no doubt about the meaning of your original text. I hope the corrections are useful. Let me know if you don't understand why any of them are required.