Baraka Community Partnerships June Update

This month's update focuses on the good work we're doing in Zambia.


Baraka volunteer, Liz Cappetta distributes mosquito nets in Chikumbi.

Our new partnership with Millais School is off to a great start. In addition to sponsoring our work in the Zambian village of Katube, this West Sussex school is hoping to incorporate the partnership into their curriculum and use their involvement for learning purposes as well.

The mosquito net campaign in Zambia is very much at the forefront of our endeavours. Our wonderful volunteer, Sian Roberts has been especially busy helping out with this endeavor. To mention just one of her accomplishments: flying solo, she has already raised enough funds to purchase 1,174 mosquitos nets and around 80 kilos of medical and dental supplies. We have managed to distribute 1,250 nets of the 3,434 we have. We just need another 1,316 nets before AgainstMalaria will give us the 3,500 they pledged. Then Chikumbi will be completely covered! Whilst we do have the funds to pay for this, we are still on the look out for any donors that can help. In addition to this, the AMF has submitted a proposal that they will donate a further 2,500 nets, plus shipping, if we partner Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) in Lusaka. The plan is to combine our volunteer workforce, thus speeding up distribution and with a view to making it a long term partnership.

Follow this link to find out more about our mosquito net campaign and to donate to this worthy cause:
http://www.AgainstMalaria.com/baraka

Zambia Mosquito Net Distribution Video

Urgent Plea for donations towards Malaria Nets in Zambia

For every mosquito net donated to Against Malaria, Baraka will match it!

Hello All,

Incessant rains in the Chikumbi region of Zambia have provided the perfect breeding grounds for malaria-carrying mosquitoes, and donations for malaria nets are urgently needed. One malaria net costs only £2.50, and we are hoping to secure enough donations to blanket-cover the whole region, an effort that has been helped by the Against Malaria Foundation, who have kindly offered to match every net donated through Baraka Community Partnership.

Where is Chikumbi?

Chikumbi is a rural district of 11,700 people in 13 villages located 30 km north of Lusaka, Zambia’s capital. Baraka knows the area well as we have carried out Community development here for two years. Malaria is a huge problem in the area: 90% of the population are affected in some form. Until our project began in January 2010, the district had received virtually no anti-malaria support and has little access to treatment or drugs.

Our Goal for Chikumbi

We are going to drastically reduce malaria here by covering every sleeping space with a net. Similar action in other communities has had a dramatic effect: by effectively starving the mosquitoes of a blood meal, the malaria-carrying mosquito population is dramatically reduced or dies out. In a similar project in Uganda (9 villages), 357 monthly cases of malaria was reduced to 7, a 98% reduction!

We need your help urgently as we are planning our next trip to Zambia soon. We have successfully distributed nets in one village, but we need to broaden our exposure to other villages.

Statistically speaking, it takes only £12.50 to save a life being taken by malaria- do you have this?

Please visit http://www.againstmalaria.com/Fundraiser.aspx?FundraiserID=5457 to make your donations.

Many thanks for your time and generosity,

The Baraka Team

Big Thanks to Bea's of Bloomsbury!

This is just a quick and friendly post to thank Bea and all the lovely folks at her Bea's of Bloomsbury bakeshop. Through their 6 Cupcakes = 1 Mosquito Net promotion, we were able to raise even more money and awareness for our mosquito net project in Zambia. We especially would like to thank all of Bea's customers who kindly participated in this worthwhile (and yummy!) endeavor.

As things stand now, Baraka Community Partnerships has raised enough funds to provide more than 400 households with mosquito nets. However, there are millions of people in Zambia without these inexpensive yet effective safeguards against malaria. We still have our work cut out for us!

Find out more about our Against Malaria campaign:

http://www.againstmalaria.com/baraka

Buy delicious baked goods and more at Bea's:

http://www.beasofbloomsbury.com

Bea's of Bloomsbury Fights Malaria with Cupcakes!

From Monday the 24th of August until Sunday the 30th, London's favourite bakeshop, Bea's of Bloomsbury will offer a yummy way help stamp out malaria in Africa! For every box of six cupcakes purchased next week, Bea's will donate the money to Baraka Community Partnerships to buy one mosquito net for a household in Zambia. Donating to a good cause never tasted so delicious!

It is estimated that in Africa a child dies every second from malaria. With a good mosquito net only costing a few quid, there's simply no reason why so many must worry about this deadly disease.

So head over to Bea's next week, eat some cupcakes and help make Zambia a safer, healthier place!

Bea's of Bloomsbury

44 Theobald's Road

London WC1X 8NW

0207 242 8330
contact@beasofbloomsbury.com

www.beasofbloomsbury.com

Hours :

Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sunday 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.

For more information about Baraka Community Partnerships and Against Malaria visit these sites:

www.againstmalaria.com/baraka

www.barakacommunity.com

Net Positive!

In only one day, Baraka Community Partnerships has raised more than a third of the money required to ensure that each household in Kasalu, Zambia receives a mosquito net. Thanks to everyone who has donated. Your generosity will go a long way!

Nets are the first line of defense against malaria. They are inexpensive but effective. Nets are only $4.00/£2.60 each - so however small your donation, it will make a difference. Please help us to provide every home in Kasalu with a net!

Donate here and feel free to pass on this information to your friends and family:

http://www.againstmalaria.com/Fundraiser.aspx?FundRaiserID=5457

Help Baraka Combat Malaria in Zambia with Inexpensive Mosquito Nets

Children at the Kasalu Village School

Baraka Community Partnerships is supporting the villagers of Kasalu, in the Chikumbi region of Zambia, in helping them combat malaria. Currently, no other organization is involved in directly helping the people of Kasalu combat this life threatening disease. However, there are plenty of initiatives run by community volunteers in the village to educate the local population about the dangers of Malaria. There are about 230 household in the village - our goal is to provide one net for each.

Mosquito nets are the first line of defense against the disease. They are an inexpensive but effective tool. Nets are only $4.00/£2.60 each - so however small your donation, it will make a difference.

Malaria season starts in October - please act soon. Your generosity may save a life.

Donate here and feel free to pass on this information to your friends and family:

http://www.againstmalaria.com/Fundraiser.aspx?FundRaiserID=5457