Mosquito Net Gifts from Save the Children
In Africa, one in five childhood deaths results from malaria infection. A child dies from malaria every 30 seconds. You can help prevent this by buying the gift of a mosquito net from the children's charity Save The Children. Mosquito nets are one of the most effective ways of preventing mosquito bites and the transmission of life threatening insect-borne diseases.
Malaria Statistics
2.5 billion (40 percent) of the world’s inhabitants, mainly those living in the world’s most deprived countries, are in danger of becoming infected with malaria.
Over 500 million people fall critically ill with malaria each year.
Every year, in excess of one million people die from malaria. Of these, most of them are babies, young children and pregnant women, and they are living in Africa.
Insecticide Treated Mosquito Nets
You can make a difference by giving a gift of a mosquito net to a child so he or she can sleep safely at night.
Mosquitoes that transmit malaria are most likely to bite during the night.
Mosquito nets can prevent mosquitoes from reaching people while they are sleeping. Furthermore, if the nets are impregnated with insecticide, their efficiency is significantly enhanced as they repel mosquitoes before they even make contact with the net.
"In Kenya, from 2004 to 2006, a near ten-fold increase in the number of young children sleeping under insecticide-treated mosquito nets was observed in targeted districts, resulting in 44% fewer deaths than among children not protected by nets, according to preliminary data from the Government of Kenya." - World Health Organisation.
This demonstrates that insecticidal mosquito nets can help provide protection against malaria for at risk groups of people in the developing world.
Malaria is preventable. Children are still dying needlessly.
Save the Children Wish List
Save the Children is the world’s independent children’s charity. The charity offers a selection of virtual gifts you can buy to directly help the world’s poorest children. When you buy a gift from the Wish List, the gift is given to a child and their family.
Why not buy a gift of 5 mosquito nets from Save the Children's Wish List and help save children's lives?
You will receive a greetings card and Wish Certificate explaining how your gift is helping children, which you can then give as a gift to a family member or friend.
Wish List gifts are excellent presents for people who are tricky to buy for.
Buy a gift of five mosquito nets. This gift will provide 5 mosquito nets treated with insecticide, so children can sleep safely at night.
Remember, a child dies every thirty seconds from malaria. You can help prevent this.