MENDOTA ZION UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Come, Share, Grow!

A collection to benefit "Imagine No Malaria" kicked off on February 22 and will continue through April. Your loose change can change lives.

During Lent, we'll be collecting loose change ( and bills & checks) to support the UMC's effort to eradicate Malaria in Africa.  Every 60 seconds, someone dies from Malaria in Africa.

This international project started as the "Nothing But Nets"mission to provide mosquito netting for families.  Now this program provides nets, health care training, and clinics to combat the disease and to fight the causes of Malaria, and in the process bolster the health care system in impoverished areas of Africa.

Malaria is a preventable and treatable disease that infects over 200 million people each year, killing 650,000 individuals, many of them children.  Malaria is contracted by being bitten by an infected mosquito.  The symptoms are like a severe flu, and if not treated within 24 hours, can be fatal.

The United Methodist Church has set a goal to raise $75 million to combat Malaria in Africa. Currently they have raised about 85% of that goal. The UMC operates 300 hospitals and clinics, and has distributed 2,800,000 mosquito nets with these funds, as well as providing health training and developed other efforts to eliminate the disease.

Zion UMC wants to do our part to "swat Malaria" by collecting our change and donations to reach our goal of $1,000 towards the "Imagine No Malaria" project.