Romy and Ben's Malawi Project

UPDATE: In addition to our period poverty project, help us reach $4000 total to provide mosquito nets to help prevent malaria on Likoma.

Malaria is a leading cause of death and disease in developing countries. Even when mild, it can disrupt students' education. On Likoma, it often leads to students' hospitalisation. It is easily preventable through the provision of mosquito nets. We would like to purchase and install mosquito nets for boarders at a local school, and audit hospital admissions before and after to quantify how much of a difference your donations have made!

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Period poverty is a huge issue in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world. We, Ben and Romy, hope to provide two year groups of high school students with reusable period products on Likoma Island (a small island on Lake Malawi - population of around 10,000). But we need your help!

We will be travelling together in August to Malawi - in Southeastern Africa - with Medic to Medic, a small UK registered charity. Ben will complete his medical elective while Romy helps with the running of the charity. We will be spending time in Blantyre and on Likoma.

Our period poverty project on Likoma will require $2000 of raised funds before we leave. If our mission resonates with you, we are grateful for any contribution, no matter how small. :)

Romy is a final year Global Studies/LLB(Hons) student and Ben is a final year medical student, both at the University of Auckland.