Saving Lives to Save SoulsWorking With Faith Based Organizations

to fight Malaria, Dengue Feverand other vector-borne diseases

Peggy Kollars, MScProgram Manager – ProVector Community Project

MEVLABS, Inc. and ProVector LLCStatesboro, Georgia USA

Tusaidie Watoto Methodist School

“Vector Control is the Main Attack Weapon for Reducing Malaria Transmission”

Roll Back Malaria 2008

World Health Organization, 2011• “Vector control is the primary public health

intervention for reducing malaria transmission at the community level.”

• “It is the only intervention that can reduce malaria transmission from very high levels to close to zero.”

Mnzava et al. 1993

Impact of Mosquitoes and Flies

• Malaria has killed more people than all wars combined• A child dies every 30 seconds from malaria• Dengue virus, carried by mosquitoes, kills many children in

Asia and Latin America• Diarrheal diseases, many carried by flies, kill millions of

people• Over 50% of the resources of the Methodist Churches in

Kenya , combined, goes to preventing and treating malaria– imagine if these resources were free for other uses

Jesus used healing to reach individuals and to reach large populations with his message

Mark 3• 4And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath

days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

• 5And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

• 10 For He healed many, so that as many as had afflictions pressed about Him to touch Him

MEVLABS, Inc. and ProVector LLC

• Our Mission is to develop inexpensive and effective products to improve the health of others

• Providing public health tools supports mission outreach• James 2:16 - And one of you say unto them, Depart in

peace, be [ye] warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what [doth it] profit?

Entobac and Entobac D are safe and ecofriendly pesticides used in traps to reduce

mosquitoes and flies• Netty – reduces mosquitoes and flies• ProVector – reduces mosquitoes• Biter Fighter Tube – reduces mosquitoes and

flies

We gather mosquito data through collection and surveys

• In Nyelanda, Kenya we collected 277 mosquitoes in 5 minutes from one home

• Trapping mosquitoes in the D.R. has provided valuable information on area control

Before ProVector Bt was deployed After ProVector Bt was deployed

Children in Nyelanda Kenya near Lake Victoria have some of the highest rate of malaria deaths

Feedback on the Effectiveness of Entobac has been positive from missionaries participating in

ProVector Community Projects

Photos by: Dr. Louis Mukwaya, Uganda Virus Institute, 2009

Entebbe, Uganda

Children of the Nations in the Dominican Republic

• Success with ProVector in Algodon, DR• COTN then expanded the ProVector Community

Project to 2 more villages

ProVector is being used in the Kibera Slums in Nairobi, Kenya

Field trials in Kibera Slums, Nairobi were conducted by Riziki Kenya Foundation

We developed a longer lasting Entobac Bait Pad as a result of this study

Decline of Mosquito Numbers after Placement of ProVector in Homes in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenyawith 3 month Entobac bait pad (Survey Courtesy Riziki Foundation)

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Estimated Mean Number of Mosquitoesbefore and after ProVector with 3 month baitpad was placed in homes and hospital ward

in Shimu/Kitale, Kenya (Survey Data courtesy Revival Power

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bait pad was placed in homes in Freetown, Sierra LeoneSurvey Data courtesy Roll Back Malaria

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ProVector, Netty and Biter Fighter can be used to demonstrate The Wordless Book

• BLACK: representing the sinful state of humanity by nature. Usually referred to as the dark page.

• RED: representing the blood of Jesus• WHITE: representing the perfect righteousness which

God has given to believers through the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ his Son.

• GOLD: representing Heaven• BLUE: representing baptism • GREEN: representing one's need to grow

in Christ after salvation

Country Organization

Afghanistan US Embassy

Angola JC Flowers Foundation

Burundi Afro-European and Medical Research Network (AEMRN) and Burundi Ministry of Health (MOH)

Cambodia BrightPoint (Planning)

Cameroon Swiss African Forum

Dominican Republic Children of the Nations (COTN)

Dominican Republic Eco Lab

Ethiopia Buckner International

Ghana Compassion Is Love In Action (CILIA)

Ghana Dept. of Agriculture and MOH

Ghana Swiss African Forum

Haiti Church of God in Port-au-Prince (Pastor Joel Vibert)

Haiti Fondation Espoir de Demain pour la Restauration et l'Avancement d'Haiti (FEDRAH)

Haiti Friends of Monfort, Inc

Haiti Her Many Voices

Haiti Luke's Mission

Haiti Ruuska Village Orphanage

Haiti Sisters of Saint Margaret Convent (Episcopal Church)

Haiti Team Jesus, Inc.

Honduras Eternal Family Project, Inc.

Countries and Organizations with ProVector Community Projects and

Research (Faith Based in Yellow)

Kenya 410 Bridge Kenya AEMRNKenya BrightPoint for Children (Planning)Kenya Buckner InternationalKenya Christliche MissionKenya Help-KhachongeKenya Kabondo Poverty Alleviation OrganizationKenya Missionaries of the Sacred HeartKenya Riziki KenyaKenya Serving In Missioins International (SIM)/Gethsemane Gardens Christian Center (GGCC)Kenya St. Peter's Methodist ChurchKenya Swiss African ForumKenya Tunza Children's CenterKenya Tusaidie WatotoKenya Ushirika Medical ClinicKenya Vision of HopeLiberia US EmbassyMozambique Serving In Missions International (SIM)Myanmar Blessing International (Planning)Namibia JC Flowers FoundationNepal TEAM WorldNicaragua Mustard Seed CommunitiesNigeria Life Builders Ministries InternationalNigeria Shalom InternationalNigeria Swiss African ForumNigeria Uplift Help InternationalPakistan Pakistani Embassy in SwitzerlandPhilippines Missionaries of the Sacred HeartRwanda Rwanda University and Ministry of Health (MOH)Sierra Leone AEMRNSierra Leone Roll Back Malaria Secretariat hosted by World Health OrganizationSaint Lucia Faith Baptist ChurchSudan Mustard Seeds InternationalTogo AEMRN and Action de Production pour le Developpement Economique et Sociale (APRODES)Togo Global CHE Network (CHE= Community Health Evangilism) (Planning)Uganda AEMRNUganda Ministry of Health, Division of Virology

Over 4,000 ProVectors and 10,000 Nettys have been distributed, helping ~70,000 people live

better lives and to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ

• We want to help Faith Based Organizations through– ProVector Community Projects– Initiating Micro Business Projects

Faith Baptist Church, Castries, St. Lucia

Our goal is to save the lives of children so that they have the opportunity to hear the Gospel

John 3:1616For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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