Imagine No Malaria ~ The program the United Methodist Church is sponsoring.
Vacation Bible School and the church had a special offering for Imagine No Malaria
on Sunday, July 25th. Click below to learn more about it and to donate a net.
Nets Save Lives
In the poorest parts of the world, where effective window screens are lacking, insecticide-treated bed nets are arguably the most cost-effective way to prevent malaria transmission. One bed net costs just $10 to buy and deliver to individuals in need. One bed net can safely last a family for about four years, thanks to a long-lasting insecticide woven into the net fabric.
Studies show that use of insecticide-treated bed nets can reduce transmission as much as 90% in areas with high coverage rates. Bed nets prevent malaria transmission by creating a protective barrier against mosquitoes at night, when the vast majority of transmissions occur. The African malaria mosquitoes generally bite late at night or early morning, between 10:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. A bed net is usually hung above the center of a bed or sleeping space so that it completely covers the sleeping person. A net treated with insecticide offers about twice the protection of an untreated net and can reduce the number of mosquitoes that enter the house and the overall number of mosquitoes in the area.
Currently, nets are treated with pyrethroid insecticides. These insecticides have very low levels of toxicity to humans, but are highly toxic to insects. By repelling the mosquitoes, a bed net can protect other people in the room outside the net. When enough nets are used in an area, the insecticide used in the net fabric makes entire communities safer even for those individuals who don’t have nets.
How Bed Nets get to Africa
With the money raised for Nothing But Nets, the UN Foundation and the campaign’s partners work with the Measles Initiative – one of the most successful vaccination efforts ever undertaken – to purchase bed nets and distribute them in countries and communities in greatest need.
DONATE TO IMAGINE NO MALARIA TODAY ~ IT'S EASY!
If you would like to donate by check or cash, please put it in the plate on Sundays
or mail to: 332 East 2nd St., Casper, WY 82601
And in advance - THANK YOU, FROM MANY
