This World Mosquito Day, people around the world, including a number of famous faces, helped Draw The Line against malaria by sharing the Muundo Face Filter.
The new Facebook and Instagram filter brings the language of the Muundo to life by allowing you to choose between eight different line drawings to add to your face. Together, by using and sharing the filter, we can show the world we are ready to Draw The Line Against Malaria.
The Muundo is a universal, visual language on malaria made up of lines, symbols, and patterns. It was designed by Láolú Senbanjo, a former human rights lawyer turned activist and global artist. The Muundo tells a visual story on malaria, expressing its dangers and also hope for a malaria-free world. By applying the Muundo filter, you are joining this story, an art piece, and a movement.
Producer and influencer, Jennifer Bala (@jenniferbala), was one of the first to join the global effort to end malaria by sharing the Muundo Face Filter. Jennifer reminded her followers that every two minutes a child dies from malaria and reflected on how privileged she was to have survived the disease herself growing up in Ghana.
Lindo Sithole (@lindough_rsa) also got involved this World Mosquito Day by sharing the Muundo Face Filter. Lindo, famous actor, and TV host for SABC2, took to Instagram to share a powerful message:
We can be the generation to end this deadly disease.
Dr Fez Mkhize (@drfezmkhize), medical doctor and Top Billing TV presenter from Johannesburg, shared his choice of Muundo filter on Friday. Fez told his followers “enough is enough”, people should no longer be dying from a preventable and treatable disease.
Since 2000, international efforts have seen the number of deaths from malaria drop by more than 60 per cent and over 7 million lives have been saved. But Covid-19 has made the fight to end malaria even harder and action is vital to protect these global gains.
Join the fun by sharing and encouraging others to #DrawTheLine against malaria with the Muundo Face Filter on your social media channels today.