Malaria continues to steadily swipe through Africa. In 2020 alone 627,000 people died of malaria, most of them children in Africa. Malaria is commonly spread through mosquitos infected by a parasite who then feed on humans. Fortunately, this is a very treatable disease, but if not treated quickly after infection could end up fatal, especially for malnourished children under five.

Malnutrition is responsible for the death of 3.1 million children each year. Many are under the age of five. Liberia is in the top ten countries in the world with the most acute levels of childhood malnutrition. Nearly a quarter of all children under five struggle with malnutrition in Liberia.

Diarrheal disease is currently the leading cause of death for children across the globe, one of the main threats being dehydration. This is mainly due to the lack of access of clean drinking water for still over 780 million people. This disease coupled with malnutrition is harming far too many children.