Monday, May 5, 2008

Malaria Season

According to the CDC and WHO, malaria affects over 350 million people each year, and causes about 1 million deaths, mostly in African Children. As rainy season approaches, malaria becomes much more of a threat. Last year Orphan Relief and Rescue treated dozens of children for malaria. This year, we're already starting to see cases. I've treated 4 kids this week. We are prepared to test and treat the children, but we want to do more.

Let's prevent malaria before we have to treat it.

This week we've been going to all the orphanage homes we have contact with and assessing their mosquito nets. Where they are torn, we are encouraging repairs. And where they are missing, we would like to provide them. It's going to take over 150 more nets to protect all the children we work with. Nets cost 6USD, and cover 2-6 children. For ORR to test and treat a child with malaria it costs a little over 2 USD. Would you consider a donation to Project 23 to help cover the cost of prevention, and potentially save lives?

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