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In Ebola-stricken Sierre Leone, this helicopter food drop is a sight for sore eyes.

The British army delivered 22 tons of food and supplies, provided by the U.N., to the country's Turtle Islands.

This is normally a paradise tourist hot spot ... famed for its fish trade.

But the worst ever Ebola outbreak on record is hampering the movement of people and goods across the region.

So the islanders, say U.N. World Food Program officials, just can't get to the markets on their boats any more.

(SOUNDBITE)(English) SENIOR PROGRAM ASSISTANT AT WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, ZAINAB MANSARAY, SAYING:

"With the Ebola situation this has been put to a stop, they cannot travel. In fact the fishes they have, which they have already catch from the sea, cannot be sold for them to have exchange of food."

Hundreds of islanders will get this aid ... rice, cereals, flour and oil.

Just four Ebola cases have been reported in this district.