JOB DONE!
My name is Adam Wolley and on the 2nd of January 2010 I left from London to cycle the 14,000 kilometres to Cape Town through 17 countries in 7 months, all in aid of Malaria Consortium. On the 20th of July 2010 I realised my dream and arrived at the Cape of Good Hope at the tip of Africa after 200 days and 14,231km.
Malaria is a serious problem in Africa, killing a child every 30 seconds. The worst thing is that this will continue as less than 5 percent of people at greatest risk have an insecticide-treated mosquito net to sleep under.
It costs a mere £5 to make and deliver a mosquito net that can provide essential protection at night for 2 children or a pregnant mother, I set out to raise £5,000 to pay for 1000 nets but I am delighted to say that as of this writing over £20,000 has been raised which will fund over 4000 nets.
3 years ago whilst travelling through Tanzania I was unlucky enough to get malaria, partly due to not being covered by a mosquito net enough. A net was available to me but is not currently available to millions of Africans.
About 3.3 billion people - half of the world's population, are at risk of malaria. Every year, this leads to about 250 million malaria cases and nearly one million deaths, mostly in children under 5. If you can spare just £5 you can help provide cover for someone that needs it.
Thanks for reading. Adam