Tropicare donate 20,000 Euro

Dutch “De Telegraaf” was invited by Tropicare in Almere, to witness the handover of a cheque for € 20.000 to enable Drive Against Malaria (DAM) to supply 4000 nets to Africa’s oldest tribes of the Congo Basin. This donation is the final touch and the completion of the 3 year “Net for a Net Campaign” of Tropicare. This campaign started in 2005 in which for every Care Plus Mosquito Net sold to travelers, one mosquito net has been given to children under the age of five and pregnant women during distribution projects in Africa by DAM.

Full story will be published in the Netherlands by De Telegraaf 8th November.

BINGONGOL II - A pygmy area in southeast Cameroon “Drive Against Malaria” focuses on malaria prevention for the Bantu and ignored Pigmy population in this difficult to reach area by distributing LLITNs and ACTs and providing diagnostic support. March/April/May 2008 The Bingongol II village is situated about six kilometers southeast of Lomie and has 384 families with pregnant women and/or children under the age of five. The community is dependent upon the district hospital in Lomie, but no LLITNs, ACTs or diagnostic materials were available. We distributed 384 LLITNs using vaccination cards containing health status information for mothers and their children. These health cards clearly indicated to us that malaria is endemic in this region – some mothers have lost 3 or 4 children or have had several miscarriages caused by malaria. Plans Bingongol II will remain under the care of Drive Against Malaria, and the number of nets given to the community will increase as needed. As of September 2008 we have also been providing follow-up monitoring, continuing education, and malaria diagnosis for the whole community under the ACT program. Our next area of focus is Bingongol I.
Results
■DAM has distributed over 384 LLITNs in the community;
■This distribution was accompanied by an education program about malaria prevention.

donation of 5000 Euro from Land Rover Netherlands

Drive Against Malaria receives donation of 5000 from Land Rover Netherlands.

In the De Kamers Theater, Amersfoortse. for the Best Salesman Overall 2008-2009”. After the prize giving at the end of the evening, presenter Julia Samuël was handed a cheque of 5000 Euros from Victor Kammeraat, Land Rover Netherlands. Julia Samuël: The donation came as a big surprise. Because of this we are able to provide an extra 1000 nets to the tribes of Eastern Cameroon including the Bantu & Baka Pygmies who have little access to health or education. And are often amongst the poorest communities of Cameroon. The Drive Against Malaria team leave this month to Cameroon to hand out supplies of mosquito nets with anti malaria treatment.