Katherine Commale is a girl from America. the age of five she began raising money to buy mosquito nets for children in Africa to help
(treat) malaria(疟疾).
she was five, Katherine learnt about malaria in Africa. She learnt that every 30 seconds a child (die) of this disease. She also realized that people wouldn't get that disease if they had enough mosquito nets." I was (real) sad to learn that a child died every half a minute because of malaria," said Katherine. "I wanted to send mosquito nets right away, that's what I did.”
Five-year-old Katherine made presentations at churches and schools. She told students and others how important mosquito nets were for Africans. After people heard the presentations, many of them donated money. Katherine sent the money to NBN. NBN is organization that sends mosquito nets to Africa Katherine (help) to raise $ 200,000 for NBN." It makes me (pride) to help African children. I won't stop (work) until everyone in Africa has a mosquito net," said Katherine.
