AIDS is not the only killer in Africa
What if I told you that in the time it takes you to read this post, three African children died?
It had nothing to do with AIDS, starvation or war. The cause was something much more preventable — Malaria.
Malaria kills more children each year than HIV-AIDS. Every year, some 750,000 African children die from the disease. That’s one child every 30 seconds. The saddest part about all of this is that most of these deaths are preventable.
In addition to vaccines, something as simple as a net over a child’s bed may keep him/her from being bitten by a mosquito carrying this disease.
The NBA Cares, in conjunction with the United Methodist Church and Sports Illustrated, has launched the “Nothing But Nets” campaign. A $10 donation will buy a net for a child. If you are reading this, I urge you to check out their site and, if you feel so inclined, make a donation. I will be putting in a $50 donation right after I post this blog entry. I know, individually, we can’t save the world but, together, we can save a lot of folks, if we try.
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