Protect 32,000 School Children from Malaria

In August, NETwork Against Malaria donated nets to 1,022 students at Yabwengi Primary School changing the lives of these students and their siblings as up to three children can sleep under 1 net.  We have learned that after we donate NETs to a school, the enrollment increases, absences decrease. We sincerely appreciate your support.  We could not do it without you.  We are preparing to distribute nets to Diima Primary School, population 1,286. We need additional support to make this possible!

Both schools are part of Katulikirie parish which is overseen by one of our volunteers.  Before distributions, during, and after distributions we educate the children about malaria, the benefits of mosquito nets, and the benefits of education.  This process has begun at Diima Primary School until our distribution next week.  We need about $1000 more in order to complete our goal for October.  We greatly appreciate your support.  We know that NETwork is changing lives.

In 2011, I first traveled on bumpy roads and dirt paths not found on maps to meet with children in Katulikirie schools who had received our nets.  Knowing the children who have received our nets makes my mission so much more personal.  Since I left, we have distributed nets to more than 10,000 of these children.  Many of the children who I met have received our nets since I left, but several more wait. More than 30,000 children attend the 52 schools overseen by Francis, and we intend to protect all of them against malaria.  We plan to protect another 2,000 children before I return to Uganda in April of 2014, and we plan to distribute additional nets while I am there.  We really need your help!  We are creating a new line of fashion jewelry designed by our artistic interns! Be on the lookout for this jewelry, and please consider donating to help my friends in Katulikirie!