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Clean Water & Mosquito Nets One of the best ways to improve healthcare is to prevent people from getting sick HELP provide clean water, mosquito nets, and education about preventing disease to significantly reduce malaria, the primary cause of death in Africa WATER "Water is life and sanitation is health." There is no question that the first step in providing healthcare in Africa is providing access to clean water. Be’chol Lashon launched the Abayudaya Health & Development Project with the drilling of the first well in Nabagoye. The villages of Namanyoni, Naseni, Nangolo, and Nambatumba now have wells and tap stands. Community development will continue to improve the health and well-being of the villagers including water, electricity, and generators (electricity in Uganda is unreliable). Access to water has a significant impact on all the populations in the region—Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Development under Jewish auspices provides security against anti-Semitism for the Abayudaya Jews of Uganda. MOSQUITO NETS Malaria is the number one killer in Africa. Mosquito nets over beds and screens on the windows, doors, and vents of buildings provide barriers against mosquitoes and other vermin. A study featured in a New York Times article dated October 9, 2007 cites the success of net distribution in fighting malaria, "...insecticide-filled nets, when used by 80% or more of a village, create a barrier that kills or drives off mosquitoes, protecting everyone in the area, including those without nets..." Thousands of mosquito nets have been distributed to everyone in the Abayudaya villages—Jews, Muslims, and Christians. Nets need to continually be distributed to be effective. |
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