2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.
More and more I am coming to believe one person can make a difference. What it takes is the courage to step off the edge, out of our comfort zone and out of our world, into the world that needs us.
A link to a video of my mission trip to India 2006
“Three Cups of Tea is one of the most remarkable adventure stories of our time. Greg Mortenson’s dangerous and difficult quest to build schools in the wildest parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan is not only a thrilling read, it’s proof that one ordinary person, with the right combination of character and determination, really can change the world.” -Tom Brokaw
This book is a great example of how one person can make a difference. This has grown into so much more mainly due to the efforts of Greg Mortensen.
In Africa, malaria is the single leading cause of death for children under age five.
Worldwide, malaria causes around 350 to 500 million illnesses and more than one million deaths annually.
In addition to the human toll malaria exacts, the economic and social impacts are also devastating: Sick children miss school, tourism suffers, and foreign investment is stifled. Annual economic loss in Africa due to malaria is estimated to be $12 billion, representing a crippling 1.3 percent annual loss in GDP growth in endemic countries. Malaria becomes a self-perpetuating problem, where the disease prevents the human and economic capital necessary to bring the disease under control. Moreover, malaria disproportionately affects the rural poor who can neither afford a bed net for prevention, nor access appropriate treatment when they fall sick.
Malaria is Both Preventable and Treatable
Malaria is both a preventable and treatable disease. It can be prevented by giving families and individuals insecticide-treated bed nets to sleep under and taking steps to kill mosquitoes where they breed and when they enter houses to feed at night. At the same time, anti-malarial drugs such as artemisinin and other combination therapies that are widely available can treat malaria before it becomes deadly.
Malaria has been brought under control and even eliminated in many parts of Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Yet in Africa, with increasing drug resistance and struggling health systems, malaria infections have actually increased during the last three decades.
If you want to help visit Nothing But Nets or Malaria No More two organizations that purchase and distribute mosquito nets to people in Africa.
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