Holly Taylor is in Sierra Leone for two weeks.

In her second diary entry for Newsbeat the 26-year-old tells us how not to shake hands with Ebola.

Holly's story: Day 2

"You don't mean to, but you're thinking, please don't touch me."

Holly is surrounded by a crowd of children who've broken off from playing in the streets. They're laughing as they clamour for attention, "desperate for me to say hello".

But Ebola's never far from your mind in Sierra Leone.

The country has been devastated by the Ebola outbreak, with 3,896 cases and 1,281 deaths.

Ebola handshake

"Sierra Leoneans are really friendly. People used to shake hands all the time, but it's different now."

Local leaders taught Holly the "Ebola handshake".

"You put your right hand on your chest so you're not touching, but it's still a nice way to acknowledge people."

It's Holly's first full day in Kabala, a town in the Koinadugu district in the north of the country.

"Its a really, really beautiful town. There are rocky hills in the distance, red earth roads, it's really green."

And until two weeks ago it was free of Ebola too. Now there are a handful of cases.

"The district kept Ebola at bay for six months, which is pretty impressive."

"The local chiefs mobilised really quickly when they found out Ebola was in Sierra Leone, going from village to village, and talking to local communities about how to prevent it," she explained.

"They reminded me there is a low risk of Ebola if you do protect yourself."

Holly's in Sierra Leone as part of her work for Oxfam, which is supporting local prevention efforts.

"Everywhere I go, people are saying 'thank you for your help'. But it's clear there's so much more that needs to be done."

'Sierra Leone is used to crisis'

Sierra Leone is still recovering from a 10-year civil war which ended in 2002.

"Many people today talked to me about the war. They were kind of really calm about the situation.

"They were saying 'well Sierra Leone is used to crisis so if we've survived the war we'll survive this'.

"That was such a sad thought - a country being used to crisis and that Ebola's just another thing that's hit them.

"Everyone here is so hopeful, and so determined, and so positive, and that's what I take away from today."

How not to catch Ebola

Avoid direct contact with sick patients as the virus is spread through contaminated body fluids

Wear protective cover for eyes

Clothing and clinical waste should be incinerated and any medical equipment that needs to be kept should be decontaminated

People who recover from Ebola shouldn't have sex without condoms for three months

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