Info Session for Cover Africa and Trip to Ghana
Friday Feb. 29 5pm MVR 114
Click here to see pictures from the trip this winter!
Application for 2008 Trip to Ghana
Program Information for 2008 Trip to Ghana
Click here to see pictures from the trip this winter!
Application for 2008 Trip to Ghana
Program Information for 2008 Trip to Ghana
Trip to Ghana!
About 10 Cornell students travel to Humjibre, Ghana over winter break in
order to collect basic data on malaria incidence in rural communities and
distribute bed nets. Students lived in Humjibre, a small farming community of about 5,000. They worked with a local NGO- Ghana Health and Education Intiative, to create and carry out a malaria health intervention plan as a way to decrease the incidence of malaria.
Applications for the trip next year will be available soon!
Applications for the trip next year will be available soon!
NY Times and Business Week Articles About Bed Nets and Malaria
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/health/01malaria.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jan2008/gb2008012_674324.htm
Cover Africa Makes the Front Page of the Cornell Daily Sun
In the October 5, 2007 edition of the Cornell Daily Sun, in an article written by Meredith Hoffman, Cover Africa received front-page treatment:
With classes, social interactions, future goals and constant deadlines, the Cornell world may seem overwhelming enough — but consider this chilling fact: One child dies of malaria every 30 seconds in Africa.
When Babette Stern ’09 and Shoshana Aleinikoff ’08 attended Americans for Informed Democracy’s two-day “Malaria Bootcamp” last January, they felt empowered upon learning that the devastating disease is preventable. They joined with Sarah Mongiello ’09 and Zeke Rediker ’09 to create Cover Africa — a non-profit organization to literally cover Africa with mosquito bed-nets.
Read the entire article at http://cornellsun.com/node/24944.
With classes, social interactions, future goals and constant deadlines, the Cornell world may seem overwhelming enough — but consider this chilling fact: One child dies of malaria every 30 seconds in Africa.
When Babette Stern ’09 and Shoshana Aleinikoff ’08 attended Americans for Informed Democracy’s two-day “Malaria Bootcamp” last January, they felt empowered upon learning that the devastating disease is preventable. They joined with Sarah Mongiello ’09 and Zeke Rediker ’09 to create Cover Africa — a non-profit organization to literally cover Africa with mosquito bed-nets.
Read the entire article at http://cornellsun.com/node/24944.
Malaria is the Number One Killer of Children Worldwide
Malaria is a preventable and treatable disease, yet, on average, malaria is killing an African child every 30 seconds. "This is the story of us having the tools and not implementing them." (Emmanuel d'Harcourt, Senior Child Survival Technical Advisor, The International Rescue Committee)
In Africa, malaria is passed by mosquitoes that only bite after dark and only bite humans. By providing insecticide treated bed nets to cover children and families so they can sleep in safety, we can save lives. By providing education to recognize when children have malaria and access to medication to treat it, we can save lives.
"Our response to this problem will define this generation. What will you say when your children ask you, 'How did you let so many women and children die when you had the ability to save them and you knew?' Will we say that we didn't care, that we didn't care enough? This situation is solvable."
--Cynthia Scharf, Public Information Officer, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Jan. 3rd, 2007)
In Africa, malaria is passed by mosquitoes that only bite after dark and only bite humans. By providing insecticide treated bed nets to cover children and families so they can sleep in safety, we can save lives. By providing education to recognize when children have malaria and access to medication to treat it, we can save lives.
"Our response to this problem will define this generation. What will you say when your children ask you, 'How did you let so many women and children die when you had the ability to save them and you knew?' Will we say that we didn't care, that we didn't care enough? This situation is solvable."
--Cynthia Scharf, Public Information Officer, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Jan. 3rd, 2007)
Our Mission
Cover Africa was founded in December 2006 because we felt that Cornell University, a premier university dedicated to producing globally conscious students, needed to take a more active role in prevention of a disease that takes the life of one African child every thirty seconds. Our goals are threefold: working to increase malaria awareness on campus and in Ithaca, strategizing to help prevent malaria, and distributing bed nets to those most in need.
We have hosted education events, such as documentary screenings, and have lead awareness campaigns, such as national Africa Malaria Day ribbon distributions, and malaria poster campaigns. We have started a Cover Africa chapter at Ithaca High School which is helping to educate the greater Ithaca community. We are fundraising for insecticide treated bed nets to distribute in Humjibre, Ghana.
We are also offering a service learning course which will educate students about Ghanaian culture, history and malaria, and will send ten Cornell students to Ghana to distribute bed nets, provide Malaria education outreach programs, re-treat bed nets and collect data to evaluate our intervention.
We have hosted education events, such as documentary screenings, and have lead awareness campaigns, such as national Africa Malaria Day ribbon distributions, and malaria poster campaigns. We have started a Cover Africa chapter at Ithaca High School which is helping to educate the greater Ithaca community. We are fundraising for insecticide treated bed nets to distribute in Humjibre, Ghana.
We are also offering a service learning course which will educate students about Ghanaian culture, history and malaria, and will send ten Cornell students to Ghana to distribute bed nets, provide Malaria education outreach programs, re-treat bed nets and collect data to evaluate our intervention.