Officially called the united republic of tanzania, tanzania is located on the east coast of africa. Famous for its immense and open plains, tanzania is home to elephants, lions, and rhinos, but its also home to a tiny and deadly insect, the anopheles mosquito. Actually, its not the mosquito that kills, but the disease the mosquito carries malaria. In fact, more than 600,000 people in tanzania die each year from malaria. Thats equal to losing every man, woman, and child living in the city of baltimore, maryland. To High School Student thomas forman, this was unacceptable. Captain of his new jersey football squad, he worked with his parents and teammates to kick off a unique fundraiser. They call it tackles4tanzania. Hi, thomas. Welcome to teen kids news. Hi. Thanks for having me on today. So, what inspired you to take on fighting malaria in tanzania . Well, actually, its a funny story. I was on a plane ride home from china, and next to me was a canadian businessman. I struck up a conver
Plains, tanzania is home to elephants, lions, and rhinos, but its also home to a tiny and deadly insect, the anopheles mosquito. Actually, its not the mosquito that kills, but the disease the mosquito carries malaria. In fact, more than 600,000 people in tanzania die each year from malaria. Thats equal to losing every man, woman, and child living in the city of baltimore, maryland. To High School Student thomas forman, this was unacceptable. Captain of his new jersey football squad, he worked with his parents and teammates to kick off a unique fundraiser. They call it tackles4tanzania. Hi, thomas. Welcome to teen kids news. Hi. Thanks for having me on today. So, what inspired you to take on fighting malaria in tanzania . Well, actually, its a funny story. I was on a plane ride home from china, and next to me was i struck up a conversation with this man, and he told me all i was vaguely familiar with the disease, but he told me all about it who it killed, how it worked, and regions wher
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Pathway for people to walk on the road. And they dont really have airconditioning at all. They dont have lights. They dont have floor. They dont have toilets. Theyre really extreme poverty conditions. Bad as conditions are in countries like uganda, girls have it even worse. The reason i focus on Subsaharan Africa is because girls never get the chance. Theyre often married off at a very young age or they just are used to work at home and work in the fields while the boys go to school. And thats why reverse the course was born. So, why dont you come help me make a bow . Okay. Reverse the course is a business and foundation that i started at the age of 12. I really wanted to help one girl go to school, and so i thought by selling products, i could raise money to pay her tuition. But before she could sell any products, she needed to make them. And that included learning some new skills. So it took about a month, maybe two months to really teach myself how to sew. And, like, i can only do a