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Could you help to provide vital mosquito nets for people in The Gambia? |
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Patrons
 Adrian Chiles Broadcaster : Dr Jawla WHO Physician : Ken Morley Actor For just £5 a family can be protected from the devastating effects of mosquitoes with new longlife nets. Any
donations welcome
If
you think you could help in any way and/or are interested in talks/workshops,
please contact us: info@smilegambia.org |
At present approximately three hundred million people contract malaria and over a million people die from it each year. The vast majority of these cases occur in Africa, with one person on the continent dying every 30 seconds from the disease. Tragically, a disproportionately large number of these victims are children. In order to improve this tragic situation as quickly as possible, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has spearheaded the 'Roll Back Malaria' campaign with the goal of reducing by 50% the current number of fatalities from malaria by 2015. SMILE is an organisation that has long standing links with schools and individuals in West Africa and has had first hand experience of the devastating effect that malaria can and often does have. We work in partnership with local communities. SMILE is currently raising money to provide the people of the Central River Division of The Gambia with the new long-life mosquito nets and hopes to eventually expand this help to other communities in The Gambia. |
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