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.
"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."
More countries have banned travelers from Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, where the dreaded, fatal disease is believed to have claimed more than 4,500 lives.
Cape Verde, an island nation, on October 9 announced that it would deny entry to non-resident foreigners coming from those three countries or who have been to those countries in the previous 30 days, the International SOS website reported.
Seychelles on October 8 suspended entry to travelers who have visited Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Nigeria or Congo (DRC) 28 days prior to their journey, with the exception of Seychellois citizens, International SOS, a medical and travel security services company, reported.
For the food distribution in Sierra Leone, 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.
The aim of the distribution is to stabilize quarantined families by giving them enough to eat so that they do not leave their homes to look for food.