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SurfAid’s Malaria Free Mentawai Program Resumes on Sipora Island
SurfAid’s Malaria Free Mentawai (MFM) program is due to resume in August with distribution of specially treated mosquito nets, malaria education and parasite testing on the island of Sipora.

The MFM program completed work on the other three Mentawai islands of Siberut, and North and South Pagai in March, rolling out the program to nearly 53,000 people.

Distribution of about 3,500 nets will be targeted at Sioban, Mara, Matobe, Saurenuk, Berliu and Betumonga, an approximate population of 10,000 people, and is scheduled to be finished by December.

“This will complete our coverage of Sipora, and we should have covered close to 90 per cent of the Mentawai by the time it ends,” SurfAid Program Director, Alan Rogerson, said.

Cooking and nutrition class a big success in the Katiet Centre
SurfAid Community Facilitor Wati held a cooking and nutrition class for Care Group mothers from the hamlets (dusun) of Mongan Bosua, Katiet and Sao in April.
About 20 mothers attended the day-long workshop which incorporated a range of activities at the Quiksilver SurfAid Community Health Training Centre.

The mothers collected a variety of locally available, healthy food and, under the guidance and instruction of Wati, they prepared three different types of meals that would be ideal for pregnant mothers, babies under 12 months and infants under five.

About International Surfing Association
The International Surfing Association (ISA) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the World Governing Authority for surfing, bodyboarding and surfriding. It was originally founded as the International Surfing Federation in 1964 and has been running world championships since 1964 and the Junior World Championships since 1980. 

ISA membership includes the surfing National Governing Bodies (NGBs) of over 50 countries on six continents. Its headquarters are located in San Diego, California. It is presided by Fernando Aguerre, first elected in 1994 in Rio, and re-elected six times since.  The ISA's four Vice Presidents are Alan Atkins (Australia), Robin de Kock (South Africa), Maile Aguerre (Hawaii) and Mike Gerard (USA).

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