3/22 Against Malaria

Two days ago I made fliers for Against Malaria. Today I handed out the fliers. Each flier said the same thing. The fliers said that Malaria is the leading cause to children under seven and pregnant women. They said that most cases of malaria are found in Africa. Many parts of Africa are very poor and don’t have the resources to fight this deadly disease. However, only five dollars can buy a mosquito net for a possible, or even a soon to be victim of malaria. At the bottom of the fliers was the website information. They said that you could see pictures of he person that would be receiving the five dollar mosquito net and any possible contact information if they want to give it out or if they have any. At the top it said in big, bold letters, 7 JUMBO JETS OF CHILDREN DIE OF MALARIA EACH DAY. This was the line I shouted out to people. I went to a street fair on Broadway and handed out eighty-five copies of the original flier. People were amazed that there wasn’t more media attention covering the subject. I told them that many parts of Africa can’t afford media attention to bring the disease to wealthier countries that can help. Another thing that people were enthusiastic about was my age. No one expected a kid my age that has never had any sort of encounter with malaria to be helping the cause. People were amazed by some of the things that I told them. People asked me to be there at other fairs so they could bring their friends to talk to me. It was a great experience. I thought that people were genuinely interested in getting involved rather than what I expected. I was hesitant to hand out fliers because I was afraid people would just be interested with the idea that I was doing a community service at such you age. However, they were not, and I felt that I got people interested and did my part.