TheatreMania launches campaign against malaria

TheatreMania Africa Festival (TAF) has announced the plan to launch its advocacy initiative christened Africa Rise Against Malaria (#ARAM). 

TheatreMania Ambassadors namely Akin Lewis, Norbert Young, Doris Simeon, Owen Gee (Nigeria), Thandekile Grace Maseko, Sibongile Maria Phakathi (South Africa), Zani Michelle Chiumia a.k.a Zani Challe (Malawi) and Uncle Ebo Whyte (Ghana), will join other hundreds of Theatre Groups across Africa to give a VOICE to the campaign and specifically create awareness, impact and intervene in the movement against malaria in five countries namely Malawi, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa and Nigeria from December, 2016 as part of the Build-Up activities for the TAF March, 2017 event. The awareness and the push for #ARAM has began.

As TheatreMania pushes Africa to rise against Malaria through #ARAM, the group plans to donate and distribute Insecticide Treated Malaria nets(ITM nets) and Mosquito Repellant to pregnant women, children, hospitals  during her visits to Orphanages, General/Public Hospitals, Ante-Natal Clinics, Primary and Secondary Schools as well as drugs and insecticides across the shortlisted Africa countries.

In the words of the CEO & Co-Founder of TAF, Mr. Alayande Stephen T. , he stated that “according to the United Nations every two minutes, a child dies from malaria. The Center for Disease Control And Prevention also state that3.2 billion people live in areas at risk of malaria transmission in 106 countries and territories, putting Africa on the fore-front on that list, so, we at TheatreMania Africa thought to ourselves and said we have to contribute our quota to this effort; hence, we stepped up to tackle Malaria through our advocacy initiative christened Africa Rise Against Malaria (#ARAM) with fusion of drama sketches, dances and skits” he averred.