Real Life Stories
NamibiaMarta 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. Marta’s daughter Becri is one year old, so especially vulnerable as malaria is a leading cause of child mortality, responsible for one in six child deaths, in Africa. Marta is also HIV+ which puts her at heightened risk of severe malaria herself.
Thanks to your support, we helped deliver three mosquito nets to Marta and her family, enough for all of them to sleep protected at night. On receiving the nets, Marta told us: “I am happy now we all have the nets and know how to use them. My daughter will sleep safely at night. Thank you”. Marta was also shown how to hang and store the nets and was given practical malaria awareness advice and information to help her and her family live malaria free.
I am happy now we all have the nets and know how to use them. My daughter will sleep safely at night. Thank you
Namibia has made great strides in the fight against malaria with over a 95% drop in malaria deaths in the last decade thanks to increased access to nets, malaria tests, medicines and malaria education. Our support is helping the country’s progress towards its goal of eliminating malaria by 2020.
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