FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — The U.N.’s World Food Program on Saturday delivered emergency food rations to 265,000 people, many of them quarantined in Sierra Leone, to help fight the spread of Ebola.
Food supplies are being distributed in the Waterloo district on the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, WFP’s Alexis Masciarelli told the Associated Press.
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Waterloo, about 20 miles east of Freetown, has seen some of the highest cases of Ebola infections and the deliveries are to help quarantined families by providing them enough to eat so they do not leave their homes to look for food. The deliveries began Friday and are continuing Saturday, said Masciarelli.
Waterloo resident Christopher James said he got food for his family at one of the 60 distribution sites.
“Ever since the Ebola outbreak in our area, our kids were not having proper meals in a day,” said James. “We’ve have food constraints for the past two months and this will help us to continue to live through this Ebola crisis in our country.”
WFP mobilized 700 aid workers to hand out more than 800 metric tons of food – rice and super cereal – to meet families’ food needs for 30 days. The distribution is in partnership with Caritas, Community Integrated Development Organization, civil society organizations and young volunteers.
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