Malaria

Malaria is a huge problem in the remote islands of North Maluku. Our medical staff faithfully treat those who are suffering from malaria. It is not uncommon to have entire villages sick with malaria. These villages are called "black villages". One "black village" is a Muslim village on a very remote small island. We have sent a number of teams to this village to help treat them--every family has had at least one member die due to malaria. It has devastated these people. We have a lot of compassion for them and want to assist them in stopping these outbreaks of malaria. The use of mosquito nets is a good first step. During the rainy months it is especially important to have protection at night as they sleep. We also help them with the WHO (World Health Organization) medicines that have to be taken faithfully in order to be cured of malaria. We want to see the health restored to this village and so many others who suffer from outbreaks of malaria.