Mali, Africa - December 2007

Elliott & Cathy Masie are heading to Mali, Africa, on their Learning Gives Back! Project. Organized by Malaria No More, this mission will be part of an international distribution of more than 2 Million Mosquito Nets and other health projects.

This project was triggered at Learning 2007, with the help of Melinda Doolittle and over 2,000 learning professionals.




Tuesday, December 11, 2007

A Huge Health Campaign in Mali


The Health Campaign that is about to start here in Mali is huge and historic. In addition to the Malaria Nets that are being distributed, this is actually one of the largest health campaigns aimed at infants in Africa.

Starting in 2 days, every child in Mali under the age of 5 will be the focus of a major campaign that will provide Polio, DeWorming, Vitamin A as well as the Nets. In other words, the campaign will bring comprehensive interventions to every child under the age of 5.

Today, we met our delegation, which is one of dozens of organizations that are supporting this campaign. The donation from our Learning Gives Back efforts at Learning 2007, are part of the Malaria No More component. There are also significant contributions from the Canada Red Cross, the President's Malaria Initiative as well as many others.

Our delegation is great, including Muslin religious leaders from the US, professional soccer and Women's professional basketball.

Landed In Mali

On Monday night, after flights from New York to France to Mali, we landed in Africa.

We were met on the tarmac of the Bamako airport, as the members of the delegations gathered from diverse parts of the world.

There is great excitement about this "Integrated Distribution" that will be distributing the Malaria nets, as well as Measles and other vaccines. There are representatives from the UN, the UN Foundation, Canadian Red Cross, Peace Corps and other agencies.

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