December 15, 2009 - Nets for Life in Africa

• Malaria is a common, yet deadly tropical disease transmitted through the bites of infected mosquitoes.
• It kills nearly one million people every year—the vast majority children under age five.
• USAID announces Community Grant Awards to Fight Malaria:
• NetsforLife® and its partners will implement a malaria program in 280 of the hardest-to-reach communities in the Upper East Region of Ghana, reaching a total population of 140,000 people, including 25,000 children under 5, 7,000 pregnant women and 33,500 women of child-bearing age.

Tim Bush (next below), a leader in the Episcopal 

Church here in Washington, introduced by The 

Reverend Dr. Denni Moss, member of the Kiwanis 

Club and program host for the day, used a slide program prepared by  Episcopal Relief &am (ER)Development (ER)

 to bring out these disturbing facts and to urge the club's support of the "Nets for Life" fund-raising program of ER

The Reverend Dr. Denni Moss introduces the speaker.

 

(l-r) Lillie Crowe, Carolyn Reynolds, Pam Eaton,

Barbara Bacon, Louise Maynard have lunch.

(l-r) Leeann Mathws, Sherry Hudson, 

Jama Carpenter listen to Lt Gov Bob Simmon

(l-r) Ed Geddings, Wayne Madden, 

Kerry McAvoy, Trevin Burriss converse.

(l-r) Speaker Tom Bush, Rev. Denni Moss, Rev. Bill 

Boyd, Jimmy Reynolds, Herb Stackhouse finish lunch.

(l-r) Lee Benner, Al Zima, George Brooks converse.

(l-r) Dave Tatum, Bill Grant, Harris Blackmon,

Jim Finch, Jim Bundy, Bill Lee have lunch .

(l-r) Carolyn Reynolds,Pam Eaton, Barbara Bacon, 

Louise Maynard, Lillie Crowe have lunch.

(l-r) Steve Blackmon, Ross Maynard lunch and wait.

Club members in buffet line.