Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Mount Cameroon Project


Mount Cameroon Project underway. We are testing children under the age of ten for the malaria parasite in villages at the base of Mt. Cameroon. Those who are malaria positive are given a 3 day course of ACT's to treat and cure malaria. Each patient is also given a long lasting mosquito net with information about malaria.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

General Assembly New York



David Robertson at the 65th General Assembly New York, where Nick Clegg pledged that Britain will lead the fight against malaria today as he announced a £500 million fund to tackle one of the world's biggest killers of children. Speaking at a UN summit in New York, the Deputy Prime Minister said he was increasing UK aid from its current £150 million in a bid to halve deaths in 10 African countries.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Mount Cameroon Project sponsored by Land Rover.


Land Rover Netherlands together with all 20 Dutch dealers donated funds for DAM’s Mt Cameroon Project. Long Lasting Mosquito nets with training will be given to each village around the base of one of Africa's largest volcanic mountain. At the peek due to low temperatures with snowfall there are no mosquito, yet some of the wettest areas of the world lay at the base where malaria-transmitting mosquito’s thrive. In the jungles around the base, malaria rates are incredibly high and the health facilities are either run down or don't exist. Roads are incredibly poor and many communities can only be reached by a Land Rover or foot. The cheque for 50,000.00 euro was handed over by Marc Bienemann, directeur Land Rover Nederland, en Johan de Koning namens de Land Rover dealerorganisatie.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Alkmaar Lions


Alkmaar Lions Club The Netherlands raised funds through local activities in July 2009 and raise 18,000 euro for education programs about the transmission and treatment for malaria.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

GSK


Zeist – GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) donated €5,000.00 to DAM during the Dutch Challenge Malaria Symposium in the run-up to World Malaria Day. €5,000.00 was also donated to “The 100th Village" . Medical director Dr. Rudolf van Olden handed of the DAM cheque to Julia Samuel and David Robertson at the end of the symposium.

Monday, March 1, 2010

Bangui C A R

Country number 64. After 11 years of driving the same Land Rover Defender, Drive Against Malaria arrived in country number sixty four. David Robertson has driven 173,000 kilometers since the launch of Drive Against Malaria in September 1998.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Nets to Cameroon and C A R


Vestergaard Frandsen (VF)donated 1,000 long lasting mosquito nets to our Pygmy Project of eastern Cameroon / western CAR. Each net can protect a family against the deadly mosquito bite for 4 years. Many thanks to Tobias Ernberg.