Real Life Stories
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Although I presently live in the United Kingdom, I originally come from Namibia, in the south-western corner of Africa. I lost my father to malaria at the age of twelve, and thus have had direct experience of the deadliness of the diseases spread by mosquitoes.
I lost my father to malaria at the age of twelve, and thus have had direct experience of the deadliness of the diseases spread by mosquitoes
My grandmother, who passed away last year at the ripe old age of 106, spent more than the last 30 years of her life blind, also due to malaria. I heard Jo Yirrell’s heroic story on Radio 4, in which her son travelled to Ghana for his gap year and sadly died as a result of a malaria infection. I felt incredibly moved at Jo’s humbleness, humanity and compassion.
More real life stories
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Dinah Hawes
Dinah decided to join the fight against malaria when she saw a Comic Relief programme on TV about the devastating effects of malaria throughout Africa. She was struck by the fact that just £5 is enough to buy, deliver and hang a mosquito net to protect a mother and child from malaria for up to five years.
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Peter Moszynski
Some years ago when I first went to work in Africa as a wide-eyed novice aid worker, fresh out of college, I had my first close encounter with tropical diseases.
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Jemma Berwick
Jemma Berwick suffered from the deadliest form of malaria when volunteering in a children’s hospital in Ghana.
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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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Helvi Kashuku, Field Worker
Helvi is an experienced 34 year old field worker with the Malaria No More UK supported malaria prevention programme in northern Namibia. She is motivated by her own personal experience of malaria, having seen her 12 year old brother suffer from the disease and spend time in hospital
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Doreen Tetteh
New Mum Doreen and her husband live with their six month old baby boy, John, in Ghana, a country where 100% of the population are at risk from malaria.
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Chief Nana Oteng Korankye
Local leader, Chief Nana has witnessed the devastating effects of malaria in his community in Ghana where malaria is endemic.
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Talata Mohammed
Working mum Talata Mohammed lives in central Ghana’s Ashanti region with her family including three adults and four children ages one, two, five and 10. Talata is a farmer and earns her living from crops she grows and sells locally.
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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.
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Adrian Siebo – Enrolled Nurse, Lisikili Clinic, Namibia
Adrian, 24, is currently the only nurse at Lisikili Primary Health Clinic in Kabbe Constituency, Caprivim. There should be two nurses at the clinic but one of the posts is vacant. Annemarie Meyer, our Programme and Policy Manager, met Adrian at his clean, neat clinic in October 2011, after he had finished with the 40 or so patients he had seen that day
