Real Life Stories
GhanaEdward Ahima Botwe
We are all at risk from malaria here but, thanks to this programme, we are now going to be able to hang nets for everyone in my village.
Dad-of-six Edward knows all about the dangers of malaria having seen each of his children suffer from the disease in recent years. Edward’s family story is not uncommon as they live in Ghana where the whole population is at risk from malaria. We are supporting Ghana in its bid to end deaths from malaria and last year we helped fund a net distribution and education programme to protect two million people from malaria including Edward’s family. Edward says: “We are all at risk from malaria here but, thanks to this programme, we are now going to be able to hang nets for everyone in my village.”
Edward has also volunteered as a ‘Malaria Agent’, helping distribute nets door-to-door in his community and giving practical demonstrations on how to hang and store the nets and advice on how to prevent malaria and identify its symptoms. This local and thorough approach helps ensure as many people as possible use their nets to maximum effect as well as taking practical steps to live malaria free.
More real life stories
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Rob Henchoz
My friend Richard Atherton and I are keen car enthusiasts and rally drivers. We decided to raise money for Malaria No More UK because having lived in Angola and worked on the West coast of Africa we saw the effects of malaria on both locals and expats. The aim to eliminate the disease is clearly achievable with some financial commitment.
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Morwenna Cross
A motor-racing enthusiast, Morwenna opted to join the fight against malaria after seeing David Brabham’s Highcroft Racing car decorated with the Malaria No More logo at the Le Mans race in 2010.
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Alex Carter
Alex Carter is taking on a 1,422 mile Ultra Triathlon to help make malaria no more! Alex’s triathlon will start on 13 August
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Team Stag Challenge
Ian Poulter’s wedding in 2011 presented him and his closest friends with the opportunity to arrange a Stag Party like no other. A regular stag do usually involves getting a group of friends together and going quad-biking, paintballing or out for a night on the town - at least, this is what Ian’s friends had imagined.
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Nadeem and Sarah Javaid
Making a donation through our wedding was an easy way of supporting this effort to make Malaria No More and we hope others will do the same.
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Marta Phillemon
Marta is a young Mum and lives with her family of five in Namibia. Their rural home setting means they are some of the most remote and hardest to reach communities with little access to malaria prevention and treatment support.
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Ketsholike Monginya
Parenting in Botswana is tough, especially when you run the daily risk of contracting a life threatening disease. Father of six and full time farmer Ketsholikei has got used to battling with malaria and although only 26, he has contracted malaria three times in recent years.
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Thomas Sandow, Ghanaian Malaria Volunteer, 28
I volunteer with a malaria prevention project in my community, Dromankuma, in Ghana’s Ashanti Region. Volunteering was an easy decision for me: I want to do all I can to help prevent others from going through the pain endured by my two year old daughter Irene when she had severe malaria last year.
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Adwoa Pomea
Village farmer Adwoa works hard to harvest maize, cassava and plantain on her land in Ghana, West Africa.
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Kedibonye Motlalepula
Mum of three Kedibonye often worries about whether her children will catch malaria. Two of them are under five years old and therefore at heightened risk from severe malaria – which can be deadly in young children.
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Mamas Otsieditse and Amos
If you are a volunteer health worker in Botswana, you’re also a life saver. ‘Mamas’ Otsieditse and Amos volunteer in their local community to raise vital awareness about the life threatening dangers of malaria and how to prevent it.
