Yesterday was World Malaria Day, where people from all around the world learned about malaria in their communities. In my village of Chibobo, we held an event at our clinic. There was singing, dancing, drama, and lessons including facts and myths, what malaria does to the human body, and proper net use and care. In total there were 55 people who came together to learn and share their stories. We gave 3 nets away as prizes!!! The drama group even poked fun at my counterpart and I, acting that they were giving a health talk :). They continued to show one family who choose to take the advice and use a mosquito net and another family who did not. The drama was funny and even heart felt when one of the family members fell sick and passed away from malaria. They stressed the importance of going to the clinic right away at the first sign of symptoms.
We had a good day and I'll try to get the pictures up soon.
Stomping Out Malaria in Africa is a Peace Corps initiative that uses strategic partnerships, targeted training Volunteers and intelligent use of information technology to support the local malaria prevention efforts of over 3,000 Volunteers in sub-Saharan Africa. For more information go to stompoutmalaria.org and follow Stomp activities at http://www.facebook.com/StompOutMalaria.
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