2/21 Against Malaria

Aaron, Zeron, Sash, and I talked with Rob Matthers today. He is located in London England. Rob told us all about the things we could do to help and get involved. First, He told us about how he started Against Malaria. He was watching the TV one day and saw a report about a little girl named Terry who had gotten her house burned down. Here Mother died and she got 90% of her skin burned away. Rob thought this was terrible. He wanted to do something. He was a father of two kids and had absolutely no experience in fundraising. However, he decided to do something. He organized a swim to raise money for Terry. 100% of the profit went to Terry. Later, Rob found out about Malaria. Malaria is the most common lethal disease among children and pregnant women. However, it doesn’t have to be. Malaria is spread by mosquitoes. The most cases in the world are in Africa. Malaria can be prevented by mosquito nets a mosquito net costs five dollars and one is enough or two children. He came up with the idea for a swim against malaria. Then he realized that many people don’t like to swim. They started doing other things to raise money. Rob said, “I don’t care if you jump on a pogo stick in Connecticut to raise money.” Anything is appreciated. Keep this in your head, it will help you sleep!! 7 jumbo jets of children die everyday from malaria.