End Malaria

Tonight 2,000 children will die from mosquito bites and it's entirely preventable. No child should die from a mosquito bite, and if we work together, no child will. Malaria was wiped out in the U.S. only 60 years ago. It took just 5 years. When made a PRIORITY, malaria can be stopped. Malaria is a deadly disease that threatens half of the world's population. (3 billion people) Each year, approximately 250 million people get infected. That is equal to 83% of the U.S. population. Nearly 750,000 African children die each year from malaria. That is equal to all the children in Florida under age 5.
Since 1950
20 million deaths from all wars
25 million deaths from AIDS
41 (to 65) million child deaths from malaria
Who can help? You and your family! Only $6 will buy an insecticide-treated bed net that will save 2 lives and help kill malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
To combat malaria effectively, the United States must increase its funding to at least $1 billion a year. They passed a law promising to do so, but haven't yet followed through. For information on how to contact your elected leaders to persuade your representative to fund life-saving interventions, visit: www.actstoendmalaria.org.
Millions of lives are depending on us. Pray about how you can get involved.
(information from World Vision act:s--www.actstoendmalaria.org)