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Knots for Nets

Bracelets for Malaria Nets

 

Who: Individuals, families, youth groups, congregations that want a simple, creative intergenerational way to raise money to partner with the Malaria Initiative to fight malaria.

What: Awareness project to fight malaria. A simple way for youth groups to raise money to fight malaria and be a part of change in another part of our world.

When: Anytime! Our campers and local youth groups are making bracelets, taking them home and starting to sell them to make money to buy mosquito nets!

How much: the cost of embroidery thread to make bracelets or $10 to buy a mosquito net.

What is Malaria?

Each year, malaria afflicts approximately a half-billion people (roughly the population of the United States, Canada, and Mexico combined).

  • Malaria kills more than a million people per year; 90 percent of those who die are African children.
  • Every 30 seconds in Africa a child dies of malaria.
  • Malaria incapacitates people, keeping countries poor. In addition to the health burden, malaria illness and death cost Africa about $12 billion per year.

Simply put, malaria kills. Nets can save lives.

 

Here are some harsh realities about malaria:  

Fact: Malaria is preventable, but causes nearly 500 million illnesses each year and kills more than 1 million of those who become infected.

Fact: Ninety percent of deaths caused by malaria occur in Africa, where the disease is a leading killer of children. Every 30 seconds a child in Africa dies from malaria. 

Fact: Malaria is the #1 killer of refugees in Africa.  Two-thirds of the 33 million refugees worldwide live in malaria endemic countries. 

So, as engaged global citizens, what can we do to help? 

In the poorest parts of the world, window screens are lacking, anti-malarial drugs are expensive, and so far an effective malaria vaccine does not exist. Insecticide-treated bed nets in these areas are arguably the most cost-effective way to prevent malaria transmission.

Bed nets use a simple but effective prevention approach: eliminate contact with mosquitoes, eliminate malaria. 

Resources: Worship Materials, Youth Activities, Handouts and more!

GOAL:

ELCA Malaria - An initiative to educate U.S. ELCA Lutherans about malaria, advocate for global health initiatives, and raise funds to help combat malaria

Steps to take:

1. Make a bracelet or contact us and we'll send you a premade one!

2. Sell the bracelet for $10 to somebody and give the money to ELCA Malaria or Knots for Nets c/o El Camino Pines, 11900 Frontier Road, Frazier Park, CA 93225.

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