Food deliveries in Sierra Leone to fight Ebola
Source: AP-Excite
BY ANDREW MELDRUM and CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) 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.
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.
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In this photo taken Wednesday, Oct, 15, 2014 people from a community affected by Ebola virus receive food aid from World Food program in Monrovia, Liberia. The U.N.{2019}s World Food Program is also delivering emergency food rations to 265,000 people in Sierra Leone{2019}s capital to help fight the spread of Ebola. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)
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Oct 18, 2:22 PM (ET)