...sometimes appear for us in unexpected places. I love this picture. It was taken at a mosquito net distribution event in a rural part of Senegal, the event is supported by StompOutMalaria and the current President's Malaria Initiative. Malaria is one of the leading killers of children on the continent of Africa and worldwide. 2,000 children per day, or one child every 45 seconds or so, die of malaria. The PMI has the ambitious goal of achieving universal coverage of all malaria-effected areas with mosquito nets, to protect people in the places that they sleep and prevent the spread of the disease by mosquitos from person to person. StompOutMalaria is the signature 50-year-anniversary Peace Corps initiative to support the PMI. Some of the community programming models of Senegal have become showcase examples for other African countries to consider in implementing their own strategies.
Kids like this guy could teach us all an important lesson, don't you think?
