KICK MALARIA OUT(KMO) 2009 receives grant

KICK MALARIA OUT (KMO) 2009, an initiative of Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa (VPWA), an NGO to contribute to elimination of Malaria through six countries in West Africa has been awarded a 5 months publicity space on Worldwidehelpers.org valued at £ 7500

Worldwidehelpers.org is a UK based non-profit online platform connecting worldwide volunteers to placements with non-profit institutions globally. This advertising space is the first of it kind by Worldwidehelpers.org to be extended to an African organization.

In a statement released by Miss Roya Elghanian, Chairman of Worldwide Helpers, she indicated her organization's commitment to support such a worthy project and hope this offer to VPWA and the KMO initiative will go a long way to help raise global publicity and awareness about Malaria and it staggering effect on the African continent with a call to Action to eliminate the disease from the continent.

Mr Hayford Siaw, Executive Director of VPWA, used the opportunity to call on corporate Ghana and Africa to support such impressive indigenous initiatives since it is only ''we Africans that can solve our own problems''.

He further disclosed some international media networks interest in covering the outreach in August-September in the sub-region and said it was an indication of strong commitment by these outfits to global health. He calls on local media networks in Africa to sign up to cover the events and to offer airtime for these initiatives to educate the population as part of their corporate social responsibility.