Source: SurfAid International - www.surfaidinternational.org

SurfStitch Joins with SurfAid to Help Nias Communities

Australian online surf store - SurfStitch.com - has joined with SurfAid International to help raise money for SurfAid’s Watsan (water and sanitation) program in Nias, off the coast of North Sumatra, Indonesia.

When buying online on the SurfStitch site, customers have the option to contribute a few dollars to the SurfAid Watsan program, which aims to raise $10,000 to provide clean water and sanitation for 315 people in the Nias sub-districts of Afulu and Alasa.


Watermans: Applied Science Presents: "The SurfAid Paddle For Humanity"

Attention all Surfers, Paddlers, and Watersports Enthusiasts.  May 2nd, Watermans: Applied Science will host the first annual "SurfAid Paddle for Humanity" at Doheny State Park located in beautiful Dana Point, California.

All proceeds from this event will go directly to SurfAid International to help support their efforts in bring Malaria education and prevention, sustainable clean water projects, and sanitation to parts of the world connected to us through surfing. Please join us in our effort to raise $10,000 for such a worthy cause.

For more information visit www.watermansappliedscience.com and click on the SurfAid Paddle icon located at the bottom of the home page.

+ For event registration visit http://www.surfaidinternational.org/paddle09.  + To register to use a Surftech demo board during the event please contact Pete Stirling at pstirling@tankfarmmfg.com or by phone: 949.596.0082


SurfAid Reaches Major Milestone in Malaria Campaign

SurfAid International has achieved a major milestone by completing its mosquito net distribution and malaria education program in the Mentawai Island chain, off Indonesia’s West Sumatran coast.

Since March 2007, SurfAid’s Malaria Free Mentawai program has reached 61,465 villagers - nearly 90 per cent of the 70,000 population - in some extremely remote areas.

Specialised SurfAid teams transported the nets up rivers by dugout canoe and hauled them through dense jungle to reach many of the isolated communities.  The teams would sleep in the villages to rollout their education program, distribute the nets to each household and conduct parasite testing.

Since the inception of the SurfAid malaria program in 2000, SurfAid has now delivered 58,517 specially treated mosquito nets and malaria education to more than 300 villages in the Mentawai and Nias islands, which includes emergency relief work after the 2004 tsunami and the 2005 Nias ear

About the International Surfing Association (ISA)
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), Mike Gerard (USA) and Karin Sierralta (Peru).

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