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Bed Nets 4 Life -- EASTER NETS
DATE
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EVENT
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PURPOSE
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March 28
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Bed Nets 4 Life - Easter Campaign
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To save the lives of children
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Bed Nets 4 Life
Easter Campaign
Think Humanity (TH), along with their African directors, clinic staff, volunteers and interns decided together that it would be a great gift to give bed nets to refugees in Kyangwali Refugee Camp for Easter 2013.
It has now been several years -last time was in January 2010- since we gave out bed nets to the new arrivals and/or replaced old nets at this location. People are suffering and we are responding.
The hope is to give out 2000 bed nets. We have a way to go to meet this goal and time is short.
Next week TH will travel to the camp to get the list of names. Then on March 15th we will go to our supplier and pick up the nets and have them transported to the Think Humanity Health Center - Kyangwali.
Bed nets have been proven to have a huge impact in the fight against malaria. Visit our website to see the latest survey results.
It has now been several years -last time was in January 2010- since we gave out bed nets to the new arrivals and/or replaced old nets at this location. People are suffering and we are responding.
The hope is to give out 2000 bed nets. We have a way to go to meet this goal and time is short.
Next week TH will travel to the camp to get the list of names. Then on March 15th we will go to our supplier and pick up the nets and have them transported to the Think Humanity Health Center - Kyangwali.
Bed nets have been proven to have a huge impact in the fight against malaria. Visit our website to see the latest survey results.
Hope that you will be a part of this Bed Nets 4 Life Campaign.
Donate for nets - $5 each
(3 options: Network for Good, Paypal or send a check to the address on the Donate Page)Saturday, March 2, 2013
Bed Net Campaign in March 2013 for Easter Nets
Visit Think Humanity (Facebook) for more information or www.thinkhumanity.org (website) and please consider donating $5 for a bed net.
$5 for one net for Easter...giving life to as many as 4 children over the next 5 years is an awesome Easter gift. Please consider.
Malaria Kills a child under the age of 5 yrs every 30-45 seconds in sub-Saharan Africa.
Share the news! Bed Nets for Easter 2013.
Nets will be given to refugees in the Kyangwali Refugee Camp in western Uganda. 86% of the people there are from the Congo and 13% are from South Sudan. All have been affected by war in their homeland. Others in the camp are from Rwanda.
Donate today at this link: Easter Nets 2013
There is a blogspot ad below for decorative bed nets. Do not confuse this with a Think Humanity bed net for refugees in the fight against malaria. Our nets are treated with insecticide, last 5 years and are much cheaper...and effective against malaria.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Think Humanity Girls' Hostel
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| Think Humanity Girls' Hostel Celebration Day December 2012 |
Think Humanity Girls' Hostel
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| Julian's 3rd term report card. She's a great student. |
A typical week
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| 2012 schedule |
During school days, the hostel girls wake up at 4 a.m. and then go for school at 6 a.m. They arrive by 7 a.m. The girls go to three different secondary schools; Bwikya, Millennium and Kitara. They each take 10 classes.
They return from school by 5 p.m. They clean the hostel, bathe and wash clothes until supper (6 or 6:30 p.m). After supper most of them pray for half an hour. Then the girls work on their studies until 10:00 p.m. At that time they rest.
Some of the students attend church on Saturday mornings. On Saturday evening all of the girls participate in a debate.
Every Sunday morning from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., most of the girls attend church service in their main hall. This service is run and maintained by these girls and includes group readings from the bible, discussions, singing and dancing.
Girls attending Bwikya and Kitara spend Saturdays and Sundays studying, cleaning and resting. Millennium students also attend school on Saturdays.
On weekends they also get a chance to play netball.
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| Emily Jue photography |
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Wairagaza Village says thanks
How even the smallest donation can help save lives in the fight against malaria:
Bed Nets 4 Life - MaNdate in Wairagaza, Uganda
Thanks to all that contributed to this successful distribution of bed nets in Wairagaza Village in western Uganda.
Friday, January 18, 2013
One thousand bed nets were stacked in the back of the Think Humanity Health Centre in Kyangwali. Luckily the Catholic Parish, where we were staying, just got a new lorry truck. They offered to transport the large bundles from our clinic to Wairagaza Village in Hoima District, not too far from the Kyangwali Refugee Camp.
About the People
Many of the people living in Wairagaza had migrated from Kisoro District, which is located in the southwest corner of Uganda bordering the Congo and Rwanda. Some fled from war in the Congo, others came looking for resources and better land. In Hoima District, known also as the Bunyoro Kingdom, there is a controversy about the Bakiga (Highlanders) settling in this area. One of the issues is that people are grabbing up land due to oil exploration in nearby Lake Albert. This has been causing some unrest in the region, but on January 18th, we brought these different people together and gave them bed nets. The local police were there, but it was a very peaceful day.
The Process
Instead of our usual way of separating us off from the crowds, which was using tape or the twine off the bundles of bed nets, the people of Wairagaza were so helpful. We met at the primary school behind the marketplace. School desks and benches were removed from the building to place a border around us and the bed nets.
The previous three days we had held a workshop in Kyangwali sub-county near the Rwemisanga Parish. Some people from Wairagaza attended our workshop. Some were appointed as representatives for TH, to go out into the deep parts of the village to train others on what they learned; Day 1: Family Planning, Day 2: STIs and HIV/AIDS and Day 3: Malaria. We were impressed that these representatives jumped right in to help organize this MaNdate (bed net distribution).
First, as we always do, we each introduced ourselves to the community. I was surprised that most of the people spoke Kinyarwanda, the language of Rwanda and the Congo. That's when I found out that many of these people had migrated from the southwest corner of Uganda, many fleeing the guns of war in the Congo.
Volunteers opened the large bundles and split open the top corners of the net packaging. Our Think Humanity staff trained the crowd on how to use a bed net properly and how to prevent malaria. Also during this training, there was a demonstration on how to use the bed net, the importance of tying it up during the day and how to repair it. (see videos below)
The crowd divided into about six different groups, all led by the local chairperson from their villages. Each group had a handwritten list of names showing how many nets go to each family. One person in each group would call off the name and the person on the list would come forward to get their net(s). The local chairman was there in each group to see that the right people got the nets before that name was marked off the list. -videos below with list of donors:
In the end, to avoid littering, we collected all packaging and destroyed it by burning it behind the primary school distribution location.
The Success
The event went very smoothly. The only thing that happened is that some pregnant women whose names were not on the list, came requesting bed nets. Emmanuel, the TH healthcare director, had somebody go and get more bed nets from the clinic and personally handed those nets to the women.
The Solution
We thank all the people who contributed to this MaNdate. There's a long list of names - you know who you are. Be proud. You have potentially saved the lives of 4,000 people.
The Challenge
Although we had a very successful day and many lives will be saved, we unfortunately had many cases of malaria at our clinic. Young children and babies were coming in testing positive with malaria. Babies were unable to even drink their mother's breast milk because they were so weak. Some needed to be sent to a government hospital for transfusions, yet there was no blood available. We still need funding for treatment, but according to past surveys, providing bed nets has been proven to reduce cases of malaria up to 90 percent. A survey on this location will be provided in six months. I am confident in saying, that your donation has already made a difference in reducing incidences of malaria.
Final comment
“The best ways to save lives is getting prevention method. If someone gets malaria, it is more expensive to treat than buying a net.” – Nsabimana Emmanuel
How you can help: I want to help in the fight against malaria in Uganda: I want to help in the fight against malaria in Uganda
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• Uganda is representative of the immense problem that malaria poses for African countries.
• Malaria is endemic in more than 95 percent of the country, with the highest malaria transmission intensities reported in the world.
• According to a report from the World Health Organization, Uganda has the world’s highest malaria incidence, with a rate of 478 cases per 1000 population per year.
• Malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Uganda.
Learn more here " Burden of malaria in Uganda"
The photo above was taken January 18, 2013 in Wairagaza, Uganda. We gave out 1,000 long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets.
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
Bed Nets 4 Life --urgent request
URGENT REQUEST
TO PURCHASE 1,000 MOSQUITO NETS IN UGANDA FOR
REFUGEES AND CHILDREN IN UNDERDEVELOPED VILLAGES
If we can get donations for 1,000 nets, we can purchase the nets for only $4 each and potentially save the lives of 4,000 people/children. That is only $1 each person over the next 5 years of the life of the net.
PLEASE HELP US REACH THIS GOAL THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
$4,000 = 1,000 bed nets
BED NETS 4 LIFE
(Previously called our Meds and Nets Program)
Protect and save children with bed nets:
Approximately 3,000 children under the age of 5 die each day from malaria in sub-Saharan Africa — a preventable disease. Studies show that when children sleep under a bed net, which protects them from being bitten by a mosquito while they sleep, their risk of being infected with malaria drops sharply. When everyone in a community sleeps under these new long-lasting, insecticide-treated nets, malaria-carrying mosquitoes start to die off, and the incidence of malaria infection is reduced.
Together, we can work to help eliminate malaria and provide more BedNets4Life to protect refugees in camps and underdeveloped commuities in Uganda. Insecticide is woven directly into the fabric of the nets, which can protect as many as four children for up to five years. Your support will help Think Humanity purchase and provide these bed nets to families that need them most, and training on how to properly use them to prevent malaria. In different areas of Uganda, Think Humanity has already distributed about 25,000 bed nets and has seen a dramatic 86 percent decline in malaria cases.
We thank you for your support.
Act today to help eliminate malaria:
$20 can provide 5 nets and protect 20 children
$40 can provide 10 nets and protect 40 children
$60 can provide 15 nets and protect 60 children
$100 can provide 25 nets and protect 100 children and their families.
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Malaria is a disease of the blood that is transmitted to people by an infected female mosquito. Malaria infects and destroys red blood cells (anemia) and clogs the capillaries that carry blood to the brain (cerebral malaria) or to the vital organs.
The Ugandan Ministry of Health estimates that malaria kills 320 people in Uganda every day. This is based on reported cases, yet in rural villages many cases go unreported. 90 percent of malaria related deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa and a child under the age of five years dies from malaria every 30 seconds.
To tackle this problem, Think Humanity began assisting refugees with bed nets in the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement Camp in May 2007. Since then, Think Humanity has expanded into other refugee camps, providing healthcare, water wells, education and socio-economic development projects.
At Think Humanity, instead of having an expatriate staff who may not fully understand the local context and way of operating, they engage local African leaders. They believe in empowering them to make the changes necessary in their communities.
THIS WEEKThink Humanity is looking to add nets to their bulk order, allowing them to purchase each net for close to $5. They use nets recommended by WHO that are LLIN (Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets). They are made to last for 5 years and have insecticide for extra protection.
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