Prevent Malaria in Sierra Leone with Mosquito Nets

Meet a life you've helped preserve - Princess.  Take a 2nd look at her photo...

Princess lives at Upper Beccle Street in the Wellington community. She is almost four years old. At this early age, she is very talkative and talks of becoming a lawyer when she grows up

Princess' father has abandoned the home for two years now. The mother is a seamstress / tailor and uses the money derived from her skill to help in providing for the home.  Her grandfather is a bike rider (motorcycles are used as a form of public transportation – providing fast access independent of traffic).  He is the main provider of the home with monthly income of $70 – which is not enough to cover the basic family needs. They live in a three bed room apartment with running water and electricity.

Princess has heard of the horrors of Malaria from the members of her family – who have each earlier contracted the sickness through mosquito bites.  She and her family were delighted to receive this simple but effective protection against the killer disease of malaria. 

Thanks to your generosity, Princess and many, more children, (who are particularly prone of this illness due to lower resistance) will be able to sleep safe and protected from the pesky mosquito bites and the risk of sickness from malaria.  By your donation, you have helped to preserve her life from sickness and even death and this is tremendous!  You have saved her from becoming one of the unfortunate millions who die every year - lives lost to malaria.  Thank you so much for helping to preserve Princess’ life.  Now she will grow up to be a true Princess and fulfill her destiny.

Tremendous and Effective Way to Save Lives:  Giving towards the provision of mosquito nets is an effective way to help combat the spread of malaria and save lives.  Study after study confirms this and we have together been able to furnish many families with these nets.  Your donation is making a definite difference and positive impact to the lives of families.  As you go about your day / week, remember her face and the fact that you have made an indelible difference.

By donating to this project - you are doing the greatest good – saving lives from malaria and death!  It’s heart-warming to have this opportunity to help preserve a life and destiny.  Join us in extending and doing tremendous good.  Thanks for your on-going support.

Warm greetings:

Can I ask you a question?  When was the last time you were bitten by a mosquito?  Was it painful?  Did the bite area sting or itch?  Hopefully you did not get sick as a result?  And you did not end up spending money to regain your health or lose time because of your illness...

During my recent trip to Sierra Leone, I made adequate "anti-malaria plans" and requested a mosquito net even before my arrival.  Nevertheless, inevitably, as with almost everybody else, I got bitten a few times while outside in the evening.  Fortunately, the exposure was minimal and I did not get sick. 

While in Freetown, I had the opportunity to chat with a former classmate, who is now a General Practitioner, MD, practicing in Freetown.   Out of curiosity, I asked him the following question?  What is the number one sickness that you treat - that patients come in with?  Without thinking or blinking, he immediately responded: "Malaria".  He went on to say that this affects a huge percentage of the population and almost by default, when someone falls ill, he starts by diagnosing for and then treating for malaria. 

This was sobering to me as I came afresh to understand the widespread nature of this issue - touching millions of lives each year.  While there are dismal records on the number of deaths each year, what is undocumented is the finance expenditure for recovery and time lost by the sick person and family members.  If researched this would surely value into billions of dollars each year.  The last thing that the economies in Africa need is the wasting of resources in this manner.

Fortunately, together we are part of the solution - by helping to provide mosquito nets. It’s good to know that we are additionally saving families from unnecessary expenditure and lost time.  Today - time is of so much value and our gift of nets - keeps on giving and saving so much time and money.  The nets that we provide are consequently very valuable – acting like insurance - providing protection and insulation from waste of resources and time. 

Thanks for your donations that keep on giving... giving life, protection and time.