Now as it creeps across borders, the virus that continues to ravage Western Africa has received the attention it deserves.

Wagga's African community is doing all it can to ensure Ebola doesn't get pushed to the sidelines - promoting awareness for the killer virus that has claimed so many of their friends.

Wagga man, Frank Newah-Jarfoi and his friend Emmanuel Wilkinson, both from the Wagga African Association (WAFRICA) are leading an inter-faith prayer meeting at Mount Austin Primary School on Sunday, August 24, to spread awareness and share ideas about how people in Australia can help desperate Africans.

Mr Wilkinson, who is familiar with the virus, will give a presentation informing people about symptoms and how to control the Ebola virus to prevent it from spreading.

Mr Wilkinson said a lack of basic supplies in Africa including clean clothes, protective hospital clothing and fresh drinking water meant the virus was spreading at an extraordinary pace.

"Carers have been scared," Mr Wilkinson said.

"Our focus is for the carers," he said, adding that the group wanted to send supplies to those in need.

"We want to help in our little way by coming together."

Describing the outbreak as a "global pandemic", Mr Newah-Jarfoi said Australians could not be ignorant about the Ebola threat.

"It concerns all of us we need to see what we can do as a global community," he said.

WAFRICA is currently communicating with African communities in Melbourne and Sydney about how they could work together.

Hoping to create a co-ordinated Ebola awareness campaign, Mr Newah-Jarfoi said he was consulting with African Communities in Sydney and Melbourne.

Anyone wishing to donate, pray of find out about the disease should attend the prayer meeting.

Anyone of any faith is welcome.

What: Inter-faith prayer meeting and Ebola information session.

Where: Mount Austin Primary School Hall

When: Sunday, August 24, from 2pm to 3.30pm.