Roll Back Malaria
The 54 leadership students in the Bayless School District partnered with mentors from the Carondelet YMCA to help in the fight against malaria. The students discovered malaria is a parasitic disease transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes. More than a million people die of malaria each year, most of them children under five.  Insecticide-treated mosquito nets, if used properly, can successfully prevent mosquitoes from infecting people with this disease.  For $7.50, an insecticide-treated mosquito net and medicine kit can be purchased and distributed to the needy to save a life. After learning about the disease, and how it can be prevented, the students brainstormed on how to implement a project to raise funds for these lifesaving kits. On Friday, October 24th the Bayless Leadership students kicked off their ROLL BACK MALARIA campaign with an assembly for the student body. The students showed a power point and acted out a skit to raise awareness of the devastating effects of malaria. A YMCA member from Africa gave a first hand account of the overwhelming consequences of malaria in his country.