IMAGINE NO MALARIA by 2015
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2diDzldHh4
In this Sunday May 16, 2010 Children's Sermon, Dave Sevick demonstrated how a bed net is used at night in Africa.
Arts & Crafts mosquitos were guided into the protective nets by members of Calvary United Methodist Church.
First, I would like to thank our good friends Susan Pentheny and Glenn Daugherty for the use of their REPEL brand mosquito net at the Calvary United Methodist Church on the North Shore of Pittsburgh. Susan used this net while on medical relief missions in Costa Rica.
Reverend Bob Richards was guest pastor for our traveling Reverend Larry Homitsky and had a strong message about our requirement from God to go out and do good things ....
Drew Harvey and Sara Dickey of Christ United Methodist Church of Bethel Park were the leaders who arranged and supported the trip to Zimbabwe, Africa ... where we saw malaria first hand.
Laura Meengs of the UMC's Imagine No Malaria - http://www.imaginenomalaria.org - team in Nashville, TN provided the arts & crafts "pretend mosquitos" to entertain and dramatize to children ( and adults ) the Anopheles Mosquito - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anopheles
Right after Children's Time ... a 15 minute presentation on the Nyadire United Methodist Mission in Mutoko, Zimbabwe - http://nyadire.org - was delivered. Dave Sevick spoke about the Brother's Brother Foundation's and the Goodwill of Southwestern PA delivery of a large overseas container carrying medical supplies, clothing, books, toys, and eventually 50 computers to Zimbabwe with the 9-person mission team ... and additional two people from DC and NH that joined us after a few days.
Thanks for everyone's help in getting us to Africa and back, and making an international issue of fighting Malaria in Africa, and for everyone's continued support of the missions led by the Christ United Methodist Church in Bethel Park, PA - http://www.christumc.net
Did you know that ... we fought and won over Malaria in the USA in the 1940 - 50'S .... see this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y68F8YwLWdg .... it's time for a repeat performance like that of Walt Disney in 1943.
Back in the 1940s, scientists realized that the chemical dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, or DDT, could stop epidemics of insect-borne diseases such as typhus. Its lifesaving potential was considered such a boon to mankind that the scientist who discovered it, Paul Mueller, won the Nobel Prize. The chemical would soon surpass all expectations in controlling malaria around the world and go on to save millions of lives.
It was so effective that it eradicated the disease entirely in Europe, the U.S. and some island nations such as Taiwan. In the West, Malaria was defeated as an endemic disease more than 50 years ago. Now, though, it's a re-emergent disease of the poor, ravaging populations in South America, Asia and across sub-Saharan Africa. Spread by mosquitoes, malaria kills almost 1 million people a year and inflicts suffering on hundreds of millions more.
Bishop Thomas Bickerton of the WPA UMC has been a leader in the fight against malaria - see this Post Gazette article - http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10122/1054950-455.stm -
Sports writer Rick Reilly and National Basketball Association have teamed up to create "Nothing But Nets" - http://www.nothingbutnets.net/nets-save-lives -
Simply put, malaria kills. Nets can save lives.
Here are some harsh realities about malaria:
Fact: Malaria is preventable, but causes nearly 500 million illnesses each year and kills more than 1 million of those who become infected.
Fact: Ninety percent of deaths caused by malaria occur in Africa, where the disease is a leading killer of children. Every 30 seconds a child in Africa dies from malaria.
Fact: Malaria is the #1 killer of refugees in Africa. Two-thirds of the 33 million refugees worldwide live in malaria endemic countries.
So, as engaged global citizens, what can we do to help?
In the poorest parts of the world, window screens are lacking, anti-malarial drugs are expensive, and so far an effective malaria vaccine does not exist. Insecticide-treated bed nets in these areas are arguably the most cost-effective way to prevent malaria transmission.
Bed nets use a simple but effective prevention approach: eliminate contact with mosquitoes, eliminate malaria.
Finally:
We all promise to never be quiet about malaria as long as it still exists in the world .... expect to be interrupted many times by our missions teams ... expect to be bugged about this endlessly .... we promise to be relentless and really irritating .... more irritating than any mosquito bite you ever had to itch ....
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Dave Sevick
Calvary United Methodist Church
Mission and Web Teams
http://calvarypgh.com
web@calvarypgh.com
dave@davesevick.com
724-779-0099
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