Hello World! The future of African scientific research is extremely important. To secure it we must invest in mentoring, inspiring and equipping tomorrow’s scientist so that its place in the world map in secured. The philosophy being ‘ catch em young!’ by intentionally incubating malaria ambassadors in high school students in Western and Nyanza with a scientific understanding of all things malaria. The principal Investigator (PI) decided on three schools namely: Kijana Wamalwa Secondary School, Hilario Secondary School and Gendia High School.
The first phase of the project involved a career and life mentorship session which went down in November 2019. The aim of this session was to open up the students to science career possibilities. It was followed by an in-depth question and answer session where the students’ perplexities on all things science careers and life were unfounded. Subsequently, the students were taken through an in-depth malaria education on its causes, treatment and prevention. The second phase, a buildup on the first was all things contests. The students
were tasked with communicating through art and science projects-all the information that they had learnt about malaria.
The contest days played host to some of the most innovative and creative pieces ever witnessed South of the Sahara. This newsletter presents this labor of love led a young female scientist whose passion to drive
malaria out of Africa led her to take the malaria message to to high school students in Nyanza and Western Kenya. This newsletter therefore is a visual summary of all thethe students projects that the students came up in the schools that she collaborated with. We hope you enjoy it. Viva!