Malaria has been a burden for many African countries for the past couple of decades. According to statistics, one child dies every thirty seconds from the disease, which also happens to be the largest killer of pregnant women.
Bracelets:United Against Malaria
This week, the Housemates are to align themselves with the fight against Malaria and will be expected to wear their yellow malaria t-shirts as well as wear their Unite Against Malaria bracelets.
Over the course of the week, the Housemates will participate in various Tasks that will educate, entertain and inform Africa about the Malaria scourge.
Beads that Save Lives
Hundreds of years ago, African people fell in love with beads. Beads of all colour and made of glass, seeds and stone and hand-woven into colourful headbands, intricate bangles and earrings, medicine horns and love tokens, are part of Africa’s past – and its future.
A simple string of beads makes up the United Against Malaria bracelet – but the symbol of being part of the effort against malaria in Africa was not always a beaded bracelet.
Initially, it was a blue strip cut from the material which is used for malaria nets and which is also used to pack the nets into bundles of 20. Malaria warriors – the men and women who travel from one African community to the next distributing malaria nets and educating people about malaria prevention and treatment – tied the blue strips around their wrists and those of the people they met as a sign of belonging to a common cause.
Today, by buying the UAM bracelet, individuals and organisations are actually purchasing mosquito nets for millions of people across Africa who cannot afford to buy their own nets.
Mosquito NetThe Mosquito Net, one of the most powerful tools in the prevention of Malaria will be used during various sporting activities.
The Housemates will play a basketball game, treat a Mosquito Net, submit a video clip in which they relate their personal experience with malaria.
The Task will close off with an intelligent discussion themed "The Economic Effects of Malaria."
The Housemates did not hesitate to Wager 100 percent on what looks to be a challenging, but worthwhile Task!
Good luck to the All Stars!
That is quite selfless of the stars.
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