Leaving For Distribution

Hello

Alli here...

Well we are preparing to leave for Saraya today at about 2pm for the distribution. We will be in the Saraya area until the 17th partnering with the Peace Corps to distribute about 16,000 nets. Lately we have been hanging out in Kedougou having meetings about the current distribution but also Netlife future role in the region of Kedougou. It has been very exciting to see how this organization is planning to evolve. Within the next two years the whole region of Kedougou will have complete net coverage. This will be the largest area ever that has been universally covered not just in Africa but anywhere. It is very exciting to know that we have been a part of something that will be used as a model for other parts of the world that are dealing with Malaria.

The area we will be covering this time around has a lot of new villages that have popped up around mining camps. Gold has been found in the Saraya area so there have been many mining companies that have moved in. This has resulted in newer migrate communities being formed near the camps. None of the Netlife team have much experience with these communities so it will be very interesting to see how these communities are set up. We did have a meeting with one of the big ups for one of the gold companies last night and it was interesting to hear about the camps and villages from his point of view. Crazy side note...after a couple of huge rains the termites came out of the ground last night to feed and mate. We were sitting in a outdoor bar where the ground was literally moving with all of the termites. And today the ground is littered with wings of the termites.

We will write again after the distribution
peace

The Netlife Team