Dave Gray

Charity

Pageant - Pageant is a small UK based charity, which provides help with education in The Gambia. We have provided furniture and equipment to schools throughout The Gambia, and helped with the construction and renovation of classrooms, school kitchens, staff-rooms and sports facilities. Pageant provides a service whereby members can sponsor individual students to enable them to complete their education. Poor health can adversely affect students' educational attainments, so Pageant works with village communities in the fight against malaria - distributing mosquito nets, and encouraging the cultivation of Artemisia annua, a plant with proven anti-malarial properties. In the wider community Pageant is helping with adult literacy as well as providing micro-loans to enable women to start small businesses.
Pageant
Pageant is a small UK based charity, which provides help with education in The Gambia. We have provided furniture and equipment to schools throughout The Gambia, and helped with the construction and renovation of classrooms, school kitchens, staff-rooms and sports facilities. Pageant provides a service whereby members can sponsor individual students to enable them to complete their education. Poor health can adversely affect students' educational attainments, so Pageant works with village communities in the fight against malaria - distributing mosquito nets, and encouraging the cultivation of Artemisia annua, a plant with proven anti-malarial properties. In the wider community Pageant is helping with adult literacy as well as providing micro-loans to enable women to start small businesses.

Event details

Counting Malaria Out

31 December 2010

Malaria, a deadly disease transmitted by mosquitoes, afflicts around half a billion people in Africa, Asia and Latin America and results in almost one million deaths a year. A child dies from malaria every 30 seconds. The international community is determined to eliminate malaria by 2015, and the next two years present a rare opportunity to save a million lives by rapidly delivering malaria interventions to all people at risk. The first milestone at 31 December 2010 will mark the strengthening of systems in endemic countries ready for the long haul of sustained malaria control and elimination. Malaria is endemic in The Gambia, and recurrent illness often stops children attending school. As well as distributing mosquito nets, Pageant helps village communities to grow Artemisia annua - providing seedlings, and cultural advice through the Gambia National Agricultural Research Institute. A tea made from the leaves of this plant has been shown to reduce the chances of developing malaria, mitigate the symptoms and speed recovery. By donating to Pageant’s Artemsia Project, you will be doing your part in the fight against malaria.




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Pageant's Artemisia Project

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Dave Gray

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Please donate to Pageant's Aretmisia Project by clicking the 'Donate now' button. Your donation will pay for Artemisia annua seeds, raising and distribution of seedlings, and cultural advice from the Gambia Institute for Agricultural Research – thus helping in the fight against malaria.

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