Another helpful RAM website, including a very good Adopt-a-Village page.

Overview

Within Papua New Guinea there are 89 districts, each of these has up to 300 villages within it. In total are approximately 9000 village areas available for adoption, sponsors provide for the original purchase of the nets as well as the transportation to each village.

Sponsored nets are delivered to each area where the recipients make a small contribution towards the cost of the nets. This contribution covers the cost of revisiting the area after a year in order to treat the nets again with insecticide.

With assistance from the US Department of Defense and Exxon Mobil a total saturation program has been started in the Kikori/Baimuru districts of the Gulf Province.

Click on the logo to visit the PNG website.

The Adopt-a-Village program is RAM's main initiative to try and eliminate malaria.
The program in build with the idea that:

• A database can be created and maintained listing the ITN needed, by area, for a country
• A Rotary club can then go and sponsor a select area based on the funds they have to commit

RAM Papua New Guinea is the farthest along in developing their Adopt-a-Village program.  (You can click here to view their page.)  They have two interesting pieces of information posted that help you understand the project.

Adopt-a-Village Article
RAM PNG has put together an article detailing how the Adopt-a-Village system would work here in Adobe (.pdf) format.

Preliminary Database
has created a new Adopt-a-Village reference sheet and database.  The information is available for the Kikori/Baimura districts of the Gulf Province in Adobe (.pdf) format by clicking here.