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Malaria Missions

Malaria teams go door to door in high-risk areas to give out bed nets. Local government leaders help decide who gets nets and join our visits. In each home, nets are hung over beds and the gospel is shared. Local health officials track data to measure how our work lowers malaria rates.

How it Works

    • Endemic malaria in Kenya is selected for the project and baseline malaria rate determined

    • Ministry of Health consents to allowing this malaria program in their area

    • Community health workers and pastors are recruited and trained

    • Local Ministry of Health workers identify/prioritize distribution list for bed nets

    • 1000 treated bed nets acquired

    • Approximately 600 homes are identified to receive 1000 bed nets and reading glasses over a 5-day mission

    • Distribution lists based on vulnerability

      • Pregnant women

      • Children under 5

      • Orphans

      • Elderly

      • HIV +

    • Partnership between 1) the local Ministry of Health, 2) the pastors’ association, and 3) the sponsoring mission team

    • Teams made up each day, consisting of MOH workers, pastors’ association representatives, and visitors visit about 12-15 homes daily

    • Teams follow this protocol once inside the home

      • Greet each other

      • Hang bed nets over beds

      • Give out appropriate reading glasses

      • Share the gospel with all in the household

      • Pray and depart for the net home

    • Present the gospel to every person in each home

    • Record the contact information for each person who receives Christ

    • Follow up with those who receive Christ to include them in church life

    • Ministry of Health’s Community Health Workers determine distribution of bed nets

    • Repeated distributions in certain areas; malaria rates measured after each mission

    • Rates of malaria fall after repeated distributions

    • Target rate is the Kenya Ministry of Health’s national goal: bring the rate of malaria in endemic areas to 30%

    • Tie bed nets over sleeping areas

    • Dispense age-appropriate reading glasses to household members over the age of 40

    • Share the basic gospel message using an Evangel-Cube

    • Experience the gracious hospitality of Kenyans whose homes we are visiting

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