Mosquito Net Campaign
According to World Health organization statistics, more than one million people die in Africa every year from malaria. Malaria slays one African child every 30 seconds and affects between 300 and 600 million people each year, or almost twice as many as tuberculosis, AIDS, measles, and leprosy combined. The cost of coping with the disease makes it a major barrier to sustained development. UN officials estimate that the disease costs Africa $12 billion a year, and that poor families spend up to a quarter of their income on protecting themselves for the illness and treatment.
Mosquito nets are absolutely necessary for the people in these areas. Mosaic has distributed over 11,000 nets, but many more are needed. Treated mosquito nets cost only $7 each.
- In 2010, Mosaic distributed 2,000 nets to children in two IDP camps in Lukwor and Masindi, northern Uganda.
- In 2009, Mosaic distributed 3,000 nets in three IDP (internally displaced-people) camps in northern Uganda, at a women's conference in Bor (southern Sudan), and for a children's program in northern Uganda.
- In 2008, Mosaic distributed 1,500 nets in Nimule and Pageri, southern Sudan, and distributed 500 nets in Gulu and Lira, Uganda, for homes for street children.
- In 2007, Mosaic distributed 3,500 nets in Nimule and Pageri, southern Sudan.
- In 2005, Mosaic distributed 800 nets in Nimule, southern Sudan.
