End Malaria in Children of Rural communities, Kano

Dear Supporters, Friends and Family of Serendipity Healthcare Foundation,

As part of our on going campaign to reduce the prevalence of malaria in our rural community in Madobi, Kano; we have been running several initiatives to raise funds to ensure that we continue helping our community in the best possible way.

Recently, through your kind donations we conducted with our community health worker Sagiru; malaria tests on twenty (20) children and twenty five (25) women using rapid diagnostic test kits; and we are pleased to state that all the women and children that volunteered for the test proved NEGATIVE!!! Hurray!!!

We are exicited that our campaign on the importance of sleeping under Insecticide Treated Nets and keeping the surroundings clean to reduce the breeding ground of the malaria vector has paid off. First line medicines such as Folic Acid and Ferrous Fumarate were given to the women while the children were given Insecticide Treated Nets to encourage they and the rest members of their family to continue sleeping under ITNS.

Our campaigns will step up with your support, kind words and advice on how to help us on our project to end malaria in Madobi; you can follow us on twitter @serendipityHea1, like our facebook page on /serenhealthcare, LinkedIn/samirahfaruk or via email serenhealthcare@gmail.com to know more about our work.

Best,

Fatima Lawani

Head, Fundraising

Links:

• Malaria Intervention in Rural Communities

Dear Friends, Supporters and Family of Serendipity Healthcare Foundation,

The last you heard from us was on a report on a programme initiative we are doing within this project titled "Operation Lafiyar Uwa" where seven young girls became advocates on raising funds for any recent bride to sleep under an Insecticide Treated Nets to prevent against malaria when she gets pregnant.

The project is ongoing with new brides and women with children under five given the nets during one of our outreach programmes after a lecture on home management of malaria and what to do when there is no doctor around.

Another initiatve we came up with to create awareness on malaria in neighbouring communities with the need for pregnant women and children under five to sleep under ITNs and to also raise funds was a football match organized by the community youths; Madobi Boys and Amarzakaya Springers; Madobi won by 2-1 and the Community Chief presented the boys with a pledge of $25 for beating Amarzakaya Springers.

From this match we were able to raise $50 which will be used to buy ACTs drug for our next outreach visit to the community as well as to the community health centre that will be dispersed to the pregnant women and for women with children under five.

We are happy to state that we have recorded a drop in the rate of malaria incidences from our last report to you from 3 in every 5 cases to 1 in every 5 cases seen.

We would appreciate your continued support or any advice you have to give to us on our project to help end malaria in Madobi. You can follow us on twitter @serendipityHea1 or facebook/serenhealthcare of LinkedIn/samirahfaruk or via email on serenhealthcare@gmail.com for further enquires

Best Regards,

Fatima Lawani

Links:

• novelty match in Madobi