Malaria
The death of one of our sponsored children in Orissa from 'a fever' led me to discover the severity of Malaria in India (later to be confirmed by a WHO report) and to find that Orissa had the highest incidence - 3% of the population and 35% of cases - and also the most dangerous parasite. I decided to fundraise for mosquito nets, and returned a year later having raised $35,000 with the help of Against Malaria. We distributed 7200 treated nets, and now 12,000 tribal people in Koraput sleep protected from the sometimes deadly bite of the anopheles fluviatilis mosquito.
The death of one of our sponsored children in Orissa from 'a fever' led me to discover the severity of Malaria in India (later to be confirmed by a WHO report) and to find that Orissa had the highest incidence - 3% of the population and 35% of cases - and also the most dangerous parasite. I decided to fundraise for mosquito nets, and returned a year later having raised $35,000 with the help of Against Malaria. We distributed 7200 treated nets, and now 12,000 tribal people in Koraput sleep protected from the sometimes deadly bite of the anopheles fluviatilis mosquito.
Group for travel pictures
A portfolio of Anne Helsop's professional weddings photography.
The world’s poor spends a staggering US$ 40 billion annually for their energy needs. This equals 10 to 25% of their precarious monthly household budgets on dirty fuels like kerosene. Many remote villages in tribal India are still without electricity. Just £15.00 buys a solar light which will give a family more than enough good light on a daily basis when fully charged. Women can continue with their work, without the toxic hazard of burning kerosene and more importantly children can study into the evening without damaging their eye sight. Whenever I am given a charity donation my first thought is which village needs solar lights!