"If you put plain old bed nets around and do it properly and spray them with insecticide, you can get rid of half the malaria deaths in Africa, and that's at least a million a year." -- Michael Specter, writer for the New Yorker magazine
Current Fundraising Efforts
In June 2007, six thousand long lasting insecticide treated (LLIN”s) mosquito nets (a gift of over $48,000 dollars), was distributed to children and families vulnerable to Malaria in Kenya. These nets were provided to POL by World Swim Against Malaria. The Power of Love Foundation transported the nets from Bangkok to Mombassa, Kenya and distributed them to the families and children vulnerable to Malaria in Kenya. The cost of transportation and distribution (not including the cost of the net) of the nets was approximately $4000 dollars or about 65 cents per net. This means that for less than $10, a child in Kenya was provided with a life saving net.
All 6000 nets were distributed in the Suba District region of Kenya. The distribution area consists of slums, fishing villages, and townships located in Mbita, Rusinga Island and Gembe. These three areas are adjacent to one another and located near Lake Victoria. Read the full report from Health Education Day 2007.
At present the Power of Love Foundation is raising funds for distribution of long lasting insecticide treated nets (LLIN’s) for distribution at the Health Education Day 2008. Your generous donation will go a long way in preventing malaria and saving the life of a child vulnerable to Malaria in Kenya.
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History of Project Mosquito Net
Project Mosquito Net is a collaboration of non-profits to provide insecticide treated bed nets to children and pregnant mothers in Mbita, Kenya (Mbita is approximately 400 km from Nairobi). The project began in 2005 as a joint effort between the San Diego based organization Power of Love, the Orange County based non-profit Be the Cause and the Akado Medical Centre located in Mbita, Kenya. The project has grown significantly over the last 3 years and our main goal continues to be eradicating malaria in the region, making Mbita malaria free. We need your help do this and as always 100% of the funds raised for this project go directly to purchasing and transporting insecticide treated bed nets (ITNS).
In Africa, over 700,000 children die needlessly every year from Malaria which is easily preventable disease. In fact, more children die from malaria then any other disease in the world. In addition, many more children contract malaria and suffer from its effects over their entire lifetime. So how do we eradicate malaria? One child and one mosquito bed net at a time. In the US, malaria has been eradicated. It is possible to eradicate it worldwide.