On Thursday, March 20, 2008, Netting Nations director Ana Samarjian and a car full of friends and mosquito nets made a trip to Luckyhill Children’s Home Foundation and in Budumburam, Ghana, to talk to the community about malaria and to distribute nets to the children of Luckyhill School on behalf of Netting Nations.

Luckyhill Children’s Home Foundation was founded by Kingsley Eshun in 2001 to educate, house, and give guidance to orphans and abandoned children. Mr. Eshun, who devotes his life to the management of the school and orphanage, felt that the schoolchildren and local community could benefit from the distribution of treated mosquito nets because most families in the area have young children and do not tend to use mosquito nets at night. The long lasting insecticide-treated nets that Netting Nations distributes for free retail for between $6-10 at stores and pharmacies in the region, making them extremely expensive for most families.

With the help and translating abilities of Mr. Eshun, Ana gave a presentation about malaria to dozens of parents of the Luckyhill school community in which she stressed the importance of protecting young children and pregnant women against mosquito bites. After a brief question-and-answer session in which community members were able to ask some questions and air some concerns, each of the classrooms at the school was presented with bundles of the long-lasting insecticide treated nets for all of the school children.

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