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.

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.

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.

Malende - 6,000 inhabitants protected

Malende - 6,000 inhabitants were protected with long lasting mosquito nets donated by the Drive Against Malaria. The village found along the N8 between Limbe and Kumba has a high malaria morbidity/mortality rate due to its location and seasonal rainfall . We were welcomed by three traditional dancing groups and worked together with Rotary Club Limbe.

Koninkrijk der Nederlanden

Consul-Generaal-van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden drs G. Heijkoop was handed Julia Samuel new book at the Antwerp Book Fair.

LAAT OP 2 Radio EO 26 October

LAAT OP 2 Radio Vanavond is Julia Samuel te gast bij 'Laat op 2'. Julia is oud televisie- en radiopresentatrice van RTL en Veronica. Nadat Julia in 1999 de vierdelige documentaire 'Crossing Africa' maakt, besluit ze zich in te gaan zetten voor de bestrijding van malaria bij de organisatie 'Drive against malaria'.

Land Rover Netherlands donate €50,000.00

Marc Bienemann CEO Land Rover Netherlands used the launch of "Niemand weet ik ben" (nobody knows where I am) to donate €50,000.00 to the Drive Against Malaria's mosquito net program for Eastern Cameroon and Central Africa Republic 2009 - April 2010.