Landon Donovan helps out with unitedagainstmalaria.org. Here’s some info:
Malaria kills a child in Africa every 30 seconds and nearly one million people each year
Worldwide, 3.3 billion people are at risk of malaria - that’s half of the world population
91% of malaria deaths occur in Africa; 85% of these are children under 5 years of age
In addition to the death toll, malaria contributes to the cycle of poverty and limits economic development: Malaria costs Africa at least $12 billion in lost productivity every year
40% of African health expenditures are on malaria alone
Pam, thanks for bringing this to our attention. Sounds like a fascinating story and maybe I could blog about this courageous woman using soccer to bring peace to the warring tribes in Kenya. Thanks for reading Soccerblog.
Readers of SoccerBlog.com may be interested in the story of Fatuma Abdulkidir, a courageous Kenyan woman who is setting up soccer leagues as a way to diffuse the tribal violence that is devastating her society.
Fatuma's story, an excerpt from the Soldiers of Peace documentary, is today's feature on telegraph21.com, a new video magazine featuring outstanding nonfiction videos from around the world.
The link to this feature is: http://www.telegraph21.com/video/soldiers-of-peace
Thank you.