Ms.

Hamiltons 8th Grade English Class, Period 7

Del Mar Middle school
105 Ave Miraflores
Southeast Marin, CA. 94920
January 9, 2015
Martin Edlund
CEO
Malaria No More
432 Park Avenue South, 4th Floor
New York, NY. 10016
Dear Mr. Edlund:
Hello, I am a thirteen-year-old 8th grade student at Del Mar Middle School. Since the seventh
grade I have been interested in your organization, Malaria No More, as I believed malaria to be
one of the worst diseases in the world. I recently donated to Malaria No More, and I would like
to applaud you for helping to resolve one of the worst diseases ever to effect mankind and to
inquire about donation or volunteer opportunities.
Malaria kills over one million people a year, mostly children. Ninety percent of these deaths
are in poor parts of Africa that cannot help treat malaria within their borders. This is why I
think that your organization is so important to treating malaria. Malaria No More has helped
decrease the malaria mortality rates among children less than five years of age, by fifty-eight
percent. If you continue using Artemisinin-based combination therapies and mosquito nets I
believe that this treatable, curable disease can really be eradicated.
Malaria No More has helped cover over five million people with mosquito nets, one of the most
important inhibitors to malaria transmission, and it has educated over five hundred thousand
people about the importance of sleeping under a mosquito net. Although these efforts are
clearly helping, I believe that Malaria no More should use a portion of its funding to help in the
development of a malaria vaccine. This vaccine would tremendously reduce the amount of
malaria illnesses.
Last year I donated around fifty dollars to Malaria No More and I am interested in donating
again. If Malaria No More had a local program around the San Francisco bay area, I would also
be interested in volunteering in the program. If possible please inform me of donation or
volunteering opportunities at Nadafr74@gmail.com.
If Malaria No More continues to treat and prevent malaria infections, I believe that the
eradication of this disease is in the near future. Although your efforts are clearly working, your
organization should help to develop a malaria vaccine. I would also like to be informed of
donation or volunteering opportunities, as I am interested in helping eradicate malaria. Thank
you for reading my letter.

Sincerely,

Reza N.