MALARIA KILLS. Send a net. Save a life.. Mosquito Tag.

MALARIA KILLS.

Send a net. Save a life.

Mosquito Tag

Your Role

Mosquito Villager Aid Worker

Only the Villagers can reveal their role to others.

Round 1

1. Every villager must find a non-villager

2. Introduce yourself3. Then play a best of three rock,

paper, scissors.

At the end of the best of three reveal your identity

Villager vs. Aid WorkerWinning Villager gets a net and becomes Aid WorkerLosing Villager does not get a net and remains a villager Villager vs. MosquitoWinning Villager is safe from Malaria and Mosquito becomes a VillagerLosing Villager is infected with Malaria and Villager becomes Mosquito

Round 2

1. Every villager must find a non-villager

2. Introduce yourself3. Then play a best of three rock,

paper, scissors.

At the end of the best of three reveal your identity

Villager vs. Aid WorkerWinning Villager gets a net and becomes Aid WorkerLosing Villager does not get a net and remains a villager Villager vs. MosquitoWinning Villager is safe from Malaria and Mosquito becomes a VillagerLosing Villager is infected with Malaria and Villager becomes Mosquito

Round 3- Night Time

Villagers search for Aid Workers Each Aid Worker can shelter 2 Villagers with their

NetOther Villagers must find a mosquito to battle

Villager vs. MosquitoWinning Villager is safe from Malaria Losing Villager is infected with Malaria

What did we learn?

Malaria Bingo•At the bottom of your bingo board you will find the

answer to a question on the board-- Find the question and fill in your first square with the answer on your board.• Your mission is to share this answer to help others’ fill

in their boards, and collect answers from others so you can answer the questions, and fill the boxes on your board. • Two “Bingos” is a winning board!

Why should I care about malaria?

There are about 200 million cases of malaria each year

A child dies every 60 seconds from malaria

Malaria disproportionately affects pregnant women and children, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa

• 77% of deaths from malaria occur among children under the age of five

• 90% percent of the deaths (all ages) due to malaria occur in sub-Saharan Africa

Malaria is highly related to poverty90% of all deaths caused by malaria are in Africa.

• USD 12 billion per year in direct losses• Loss of 1.3% of GDP growth per year for Africa• Household spending : >10% of yearly (Africa)

Source: Global Malaria Action Plan (2008)

The high economic costs of malaria contribute to a cycle of poverty

What is malaria?

How is malaria transmitted?

Human Host

Vector

Parasite

Blood meal

Malaria is preventable and treatable!

How is malaria prevented?

Insecticide-treated Nets (ITN)An average of 54% of households in sub-Saharan African countries had at least one ITN in 2013

Each $10 = 1 net.

Has there been progress in the fight against malaria?

In 2006, every 30 seconds a child would die from malaria. Now thanks to Nothing but Nets it has been reduced to every 60 seconds

Renewed Global Commitment to Fight Malaria

• Creation of:•The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria•President’s Malaria Initiative

Looking Forward

More nets are needed• At least 150 million insecticide-treated nets are needed each

year to protect all populations at risk of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa • The projected number of nets delivered in 2014 will still fall below

the minimum number needed to protect everyone at risk of malaria

Please help

Join #NFTYConvention and tell Congress we can end #malaria in our generation: rac.org/malaria @theRAC

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Join #NFTYConvention and tell Congress we can end #malaria in our generation: rac.org/malaria @The Religious Action Center