 Eradication
of Malaria Project
Ages: All
Languages: English
Facilitator: Tommie Hamaluba in Botswana
Contact: For more information about participating
in this or other iEARN projects, write to iearn@iearn.org
or see http://media.iearn.org/projects
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Participating students in Botswana |
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Eradication
of Malaria
Tommie Hamaluba of Botswana writes,
"What is my project about?
This project is about the Education and Eradication
of malaria- a case of iEARN schools
Why is there a need?
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Malaria is one of the oldest and most frequently occurring infections
diseases in humans. Malaria kills more than 2.7 million people
a year, most of them children and pregnant women in sub-Sahara
Africa. It also kills tourists to infested areas. Only tuberculosis
and HIV -AIDS take similar toll. Half a billion people are infected
by malaria annually. Though most do survive, many of them still
suffer years later from anemia and development disorders caused
by severe malaria infection. It is really disheartening to see
the rate at which malaria ends the lives of young ones in our
midst mostly due to ignorance. BBC reported on the 04/25/03
and UN confirmed it same day, that over 3,000 children die everyday
of malaria in Africa. This project is needed because we can
prevent death through sharing of information and discovering
through interactive forums and web development and at the end
of it, SAVE THE LIVES OF STUDENTS. It is either you are affected
or have passion for others!.
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work or communication
By Phodiso Ntshole Aged 15 years
(Borwa Junior Secondary School) Botswana.
Malaria Preventable!
It is very possible to prevent Malaria in sub-saharan tropical
African countries by simply educating people about the disease.
Research projects such as your proposed one, if implemented
would really make a difference in the way of life to people
in affected areas in Africa.
It's only through such projects that ignorance of the disease
can be eliminated.
Poverty is also a major contributing factor, people can be
educated of easy and simple means to live healthy and earn
a living. For example families can be taught to grow vegetables
within their compounds or gardens thus providing them with
a source of food. These same vegetables can be sold to other
people and thereby bringing cash in those given households,
which in-turn can be used to improve the standard of living
of given families.
I believe the solution to preventing Malaria would be in eliminating
ignorance and poverty in Africa, through education.
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How do you make international collaboration work in your local
context?
Getting people to work together collaboratively in a virtual
community is not easy but this is my success story; I do a
lot of project marking through the fortnight iEARN newsflash
and keep a journal of people who show interest and I make
email follow ups. I value motivating people to find time and
log in the www forum or send an email. I bring out the importance
of the project to my fellow folks and make it known that each
one’s contribution can save a life of someone out there!
Being in developing world, it is not easy to finance reliable
internet connectivity in schools so I normally sacrifice with
my personal hard earned dollars to visit the internet cafes
and do my project work. We try also with my students to fundraise
through staging video shows in school and sell fat cakes to
raise money to support Internet connectivity in school and
keep my students at work. I also value volunteering and dedication
to my duties."
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