As deputy chief of the World Food Program office in Sierra Leone, Naoe Yakiya, 41, helps delivers emergency food to eastern regions of the country that have struggled to contain the Ebola outbreak.
Based in the nation's capital, Freetown, Yakiya and about 100 other WFP officers deliver crops and other food supplies to school children and pregnant women in the area, where the spread of infections has caused local businesses to shut, resulting in chronic shortages of food.
"I hope our efforts will lead to the future development of this country," Yakiya said in an interview she gave while visiting Japan in July.