I was watching Let's Dance for Comic Relief - celebrities dancing classic routines for charity, pure Saturday night TV! However there was one bit that massively spoke to me, the presenter had gone out to Africa as they do to promote the work that Comic Relief does.
Did you know 2000 children in Africa a day, yes A DAY, die from malaria. When children are sleeping rough on streets, with no comfortable duvet, no bed, not even a roof over their head, they have no protection from mosquitoes. They literally are sitting targets and will soon become part of that 2000 a day number. Not fair right? However there is now something that can catch the disease quickly and hence allow the children to be treated before the malaria takes hold.
Just £5 buys 6 rapid detection kits, so basically £5 can save 6 lives! That's the price of 2 pints of beer, a sweet and sour chicken from the Chinese takeaway, two or three coffees from Starbucks. Maybe this week, as a bunch of celebrities give up their time to walk a 100k desert trek to raise money, think about what you actually need to buy, what you spend your money on.
Can you do without that skinnymochafrapparaspberrychino with extra whipped cream on top? Why not make sandwiches for work instead of buying lunch every day? Give that saved money to Comic Relief and help to save lives of children! Spread the word!
Read more about Comic Relief, focusing on malaria and donate here.
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