April 25 is World Malaria Day and this year’s theme is "Harness innovation to reduce the malaria disease burden and save lives.”
"Malaria is a preventable and treatable disease that continues to have a devastating impact on the health and livelihood of people around the world. In 2020, there were an estimated 241 million new cases of malaria and 627,000 malaria-related deaths in 85 countries. More than two-thirds of deaths were among children under the age of 5 living in the WHO African Region."-https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-malaria-day/2022
Recently 25 mosquito nets were distributed to families in the Kanigo community. These mosquito nets will save lives in a Malaria prone community like the Kanigo community where prevention is critical, and treatment is difficult to access. Bed nets create an effective barrier and provide protection from mosquito bites for two years hence preventing Malaria and reducing the burden of Malaria in Sierra Leone. Each of the families was very grateful to receive the insecticide-treated nets.
Your continued support is greatly appreciated and is helping provide long-lasting insecticide-treated nets to more families and individuals in Sierra Leone. We encourage you to start a monthly recurring donation here. Please also share this with your contacts and invite them to consider supporting this ongoing project.
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Amy & The Develop Africa Team
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Dear Project supporters,
In Sierra Leone, research has proven that one in every two children under the age of five admitted into pediatric care is affected by malaria. Mosquito nets create an effective barrier and provide protection from mosquito bites for two years hence preventing Malaria and reducing the burden of Malaria in Sierra Leone.
Thanks in part to your ongoing support, Develop Africa distributed 190 mosquito bed nets treated with insecticide to families in Sierra Leone in 2021. Among the 190 mosquito nets distributed, 100 mosquito nets were distributed to children and families in Freetown, Bo, and Makeni, and 90 mosquito nets were distributed to pupils at the Stella Maris Primary School and Morthain community.
Your continued support is appreciated as we strive to provide 300 children/families in Sierra Leone with protective long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) in 2022. Every donation received helps purchase more mosquito nets and saves more lives. If you are not already a recurring donor you can start a monthly recurring donation here.
Please also share this with your contacts and invite them to consider supporting this ongoing project. If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at GlobalGiving@developafrica.org.
With great appreciation,
Amy & The Develop Africa Team
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Dear Project supporters,
Malaria is a major health concern in Sierra Leone, particularly during the rainy season. It is the most common cause of death among children under 5 years old.
In an effort to reduce malaria, fifty mosquito nets treated with insecticide were distributed to families across the Morthain community. The mosquito nets distributed create an effective barrier and provide protection from mosquito bites while families sleep. Each of the families that received a bed net was very grateful for the added protection against malaria while they sleep.
Your continued support is greatly appreciated and is helping provide long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) also called bed nets or mosquito nets to more families and individuals in Sierra Leone.
We encourage you to start a monthly recurring donation here. Please also share this with your contacts and invite them to consider supporting this ongoing project.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at GlobalGiving@developafrica.org.
With great appreciation,
Amy & The Develop Africa Team
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Dear Life Savers,
Your continued support is greatly appreciated and is helping provide long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) also called bed nets or mosquito nets to families and individuals in Sierra Leone. These mosquito nets create an effective barrier and provide protection from mosquito bites while families sleep. Because of the mosquito nets they received, children like Marina & Festus pictured here can now focus on their education and not on malaria.
Festus just finished class 4 and he loves playing soccer and dream of one working professionally at a bank. Marina just graduated from nursery school and loves to draw and create beautiful pictures. Her dream is to become a creative artist.
Marina & Festus are both future leaders of Sierra Leone and their Long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) will provide them with an ongoing source of protection to prevent Malaria.
Your continued support is appreciated as we strive to provide more families in Sierra Leone with protective long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (ITNs). We encourage you to start a monthly recurring donation here.
For only $10 you can save lives by providing a family with a mosquito net. Help Draw the Line against Malaria!
Please also share this with your contacts and invite them to consider supporting this ongoing project.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at GlobalGiving@developafrica.org.
With great appreciation,
Amy & The Develop Africa Team
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Dear Project Supporters,
We are going to “Draw the Line Against Malaria” this World Malaria Day (April 25th) and your continued support is helping to do that by providing long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) also called bed nets to families and individuals in Sierra Leone.
As many as one in two children under the age of five admitted into children’s wards in Sierra Leone have been there as a result of severe malaria.
Statistically, according to WHO-
As part of Develop Africa Sierra Leone interventions to our beneficiaries, 100 mosquito nets treated with insecticide were recently distributed to children in Freetown, Bo, Makeni, and Kamawornie.
These long-lasting treated nets are expected to prevent these kids and their families from malaria for at least one year and could make a significant difference to the health of these kids.
According to statistics gathered by the Kamawornie Village Hospital in 2019/2020, 628 under five kids and 440 adults were affected by malaria, with a total of 1068 malaria cases were recorded.
We encourage you to help #EndMalaria by making a donation today to provide a bed net to a family in need. For every $10 you donate, another family will have a life-saving bed net.
You can even start a monthly recurring donation here to provide bed nets to new families all year long.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at GlobalGiving@developafrica.org.
With great appreciation,
Amy & The Develop Africa Team
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