Causes
These are links to people and things that I care about and deserve attention.
I volunteered at the RMO at Christmas 2008 and it was a wonderful, life changing experience. If you are thinking of volunteering, I can't recommend it more highly, the people are fantastic, the children really appreciate volunteers coming to help them, and they need all the love that you have to give. You can also make donations to my charity account, and 100% of the money will go to help them. See their web site for more details.
Malaria No More (UK), Malaria No More (US)
I wonder how many of you ever thought that in the time it takes to listen to one 5 minute song that 10 children in Africa will die from malaria. Shocking isn't it. There are over 1 million deaths around the world from this killer, and it is preventable and curable. 90% of all malaria deaths are in Africa, and 70% of those are children under 5 years of age.
The best way to prevent malaria is for children to sleep under treated mosquito nets. When I volunteered at the orphanage in Ghana early last year, none of the kids had nets. They all do now, but there are many hundreds of thousands of kids with no nets and no protection from the little buggers while they are asleep. If they do catch it, they can't afford treatment, a simple case of taking a tablet for a few weeks. There are many organisations that are working on distributing nets and I would urge you to support them, financially and by talking about this problem. Please check out the links above, and help save a child's life. Thanks for taking the time read this, and I hope it moves you to act.
