Protect 1800 people on Kokwa Island from Malaria

The year 2019 started well and we had students reporting back to school after long December holiday and they will be breaking for April holiday this week. It has been very dry in most parts of the country and Kokwa Island is one of those prone areas facing food insecurity and the prolonged drought make it even worse. We have many families who urgently require relief food, in our small way we are supporting those who are seriously affected but there is need for more interventions to improve the situation. We have been supporting feeding program in one of the primary school in the Island and it has been reported that it is the only meal that school going children are getting since their parents have nothing to feed them. We are appealing to our friends, relatives and all well-wishers to consider supporting Kokwa with food soonest possible. For friends, relatives and well-wishers in the country who are in a position to support the community with food stuff please contact us and we will arrange to pick the food stuff from your respective places. In the previous report we had planned to fundraise for mosquito nets to be distributed to the families in the Island but since the community is seriously food insecure at the moment we decided to divert our plan a bit and address the hunger issue. There has been several meetings with the community where it has been reported that children, women and elderly people are the most affected by the drought and we have been distributing food stuff to some families but now they whole Kokwa Island is in urgent need of relief food. We hope the government will also intervene but we are worried as this might take longer for the government to respond. There reports on the media that there are several people who have lost their lives as a result of hunger but we have not received any death case from Kokwa Island and we remain optimistic that it will not get to that point. We request those who are in a position to support us to consider sending their contribution so that we can deliver more food to the Kokwa Island community. Thank you to all those who have been supporting us on this and other initiatives in Kokwa Island as we request them not to get tired of supporting the community as they still need us for survival. We are very concerned as the school will be closing for April holiday this week and the families will have extra mouths to feed but we remain optimistic that the situation will improve soon with government and other service providers getting involved.