Nets ready for distribution
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Tekwana community members pack heavy loads of nets on their bikes
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The nets start to arrive
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The schoolhouse in Tekwana serves as the community distribution center.
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Community members listen to a talk about the nets.
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Volunteers from Natiki Health Focus Organisation prepare to distribute nets.
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Training on proper net use and care begins.
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Women learn how to properly use a mosquito net. Against Malaria Foundation targets pregnant women and children under five as they are the most vulnerable group.
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Because pregnant women become highly susceptible to malaria, their understanding of proper net use is crucial.
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The correct way to use the nets is demonstrated.
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A young boy from Tekwana demonstrates how to safely deter mosquitos. Young children who have not developed immunity to malaria are the most vulnerable group.
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Demonstrating how to properly hang a bed net.
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Awaiting distribution of long lasting insecticidal nets.
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Unbundling the nets.
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Handing out nets to community members after the training session.
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Community members wait patiently to receive their nets.
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Mothers have a great influence on the use of nets by their children. Providing nets for mothers is paramount.
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One of the organisers leads the distribution of nets.
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Taking my net home.
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More families protected.
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Women receive their nets. Children under five years and pregnant women are the most vulnerable to dying or suffering serious consequences of malaria.
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Nets for our beds.
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A happy mother recieves her long lasting insecticide treated net.
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Malaria remains the leading killer of children under 5 years in Africa.
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One woman happily brings nets home for the family.
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No mosquito bites tonight.
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Children are not only the most susceptible to infection, chronic infection from malaria takes out time from school and causes secondary health problems.
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Everyone helps load the nets.
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More nets.
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A community member shows off her new net.
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Because cost should not be a barrier to making insecticide treated nets available to pregnant women and children, Against Malaria Foundation nets are free.
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Pregnant women, especially first time mothers, have a reduced immunity to malaria, and a greater need for bed nets.
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More nets out.
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My bednet.
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