Project Mosquito Net Summary
Project Mosquito Net is POL's initiative 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 www.bethecause.org and the Akado Medical Clinic located in Mbita, Kenya. The project has grown significantly over the last 5 years and our main goal continues to be eradicating malaria in the region, and making Mbita Malaria free.
In Africa, over 700,000 children die needlessly every year from Malaria which is a disease that is easily preventable. In fact, more children die from Malaria than 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.
Impact of the Program
Over the last 5 years, Power of Love has provided over 9000 long lasting insecticide treated nets to children under 5 years of age and pregnant women in the Suba district (townships of Mbita, Rusinga Island and Gembe) in Kenya. As a result of this the incidence of Malaria amongst children under 5 years has decreased and they are able to attend school.
Plans for 2010
At present the Power of Love Foundation is raising funds for distribution of long lasting insecticide treated nets in rural Zambia and for continuing distribution of nets in 2011. Your generous donation will go a long way in preventing Malaria and saving the lives of children, pregnant teen Moms and women vulnerable to Malaria in Kenya and Zambia. As always 100% of the funds raised for this project go directly towards purchasing, and transporting long lasting insecticide treated bed nets (LLIN's) and towards education for prevention of Malaria. To know more click here.