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Malaria is spreading in riverside shanty towns in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. The monsoon is approaching and the situation will get worse. Hundreds of people live in very poor conditions and have only one toilet in the camp. Buy a mosquito net and prevent children dying from malaria.
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Situation
Prevent children becoming seriously ill and dying from malaria. These children are from the poorest of the poor in Nepal. They live in makeshift tents made form bamboo poles covered in pieces of old cloth. Children may earn money buy collecting and selling garbage. The people who live in these camps are there to avoid political violence in the past or because their land was washed away in flooding and are now landless.
Solution
Malaria is a terrible disease and results in death if not treated. Prevention is the best course of action. Sleeping under nets prevents children being bitten during the evening and early morning when the mosquitos are most active.