Food aid for Ebola-hit Sierra Leone
- 10 years ago
Food aid from the UN arrives on the outskirts of the Sierra Leone capital, which is battling an Ebola outbreak.
It's a welcome sight for families who are finding it hard to make ends meet.
Prices have jumped because quarantined districts are restricting the movement of food supplies.
The World Food Programme says Saturday's distribution has been the largest since the virus first spread.
(SOUNDBITE) (Krio) WATERLOO RESIDENT, HASSAN SESAY, SAYING:
"Things are very hard for us, may God help them, we want the World Food Programme to do more for us."
There's no cure yet for Ebola but pharmaceutical companies have been working on experimental drugs.
The World Health Organisation said more than 4,500 people have died from the disease, most of them in West Africa.
It's a welcome sight for families who are finding it hard to make ends meet.
Prices have jumped because quarantined districts are restricting the movement of food supplies.
The World Food Programme says Saturday's distribution has been the largest since the virus first spread.
(SOUNDBITE) (Krio) WATERLOO RESIDENT, HASSAN SESAY, SAYING:
"Things are very hard for us, may God help them, we want the World Food Programme to do more for us."
There's no cure yet for Ebola but pharmaceutical companies have been working on experimental drugs.
The World Health Organisation said more than 4,500 people have died from the disease, most of them in West Africa.