Real Life Stories
ukJo Yirrell
Nothing can ever change my feelings of grief after losing Harry but I know that he would want me to dedicate myself to saving others from malaria. Harry should not have died from this disease and I, with the help of Malaria No More UK, want to stop any more of these needless deaths.
Harry volunteered in a village school in Ghana three years ago but a few days after he returned to the UK, he died of malaria. I want to make sure that in the near future Ghana will be malaria free. I know this is possible as malaria is a preventable disease. Bed nets are one of the steps in the fight against malaria; they help protect people at risk of malaria and are affordable and effective. £5 is enough to buy, deliver hang nets to the people who need them most in Africa.
Nothing can ever change my feelings of grief after losing Harry but I know that he would want me to dedicate myself to saving others from malaria
I visited Africa for the first time in April 2009 with Malaria No More UK and the BBC to make a documentary about Harry. I had a lot to deal with – Harry, malaria, poverty; but the trip gave me such strength, that I will be able to forge on and achieve my goal of ridding Africa of malaria.
If I can achieve this with the help and support of Malaria No More UK and the British public, then I will have built a huge memorial to my lovely boy whose death has given me the strength to help others.
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