Research Paper On Katherine Commale

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Katherine Commale is a 10 year old fourth grader from Pennsylvania. When she was five, she learned about malaria in Africa. She known that every 30 seconds a child dies from this disease. She learned about nets that can stop the mosquitoes. She asked her mother that why doesn't everyone have a net? She told her that many of the people in Africa are very poor and can't buy nets that price 10$. So she began donate money to purchase nets for children in Africa to help fight the spread of malaria. She started to teach people about malaria and mosquito nets. She made presentations at churches and schools. Every holiday season she makes something called a bed net gift certificate for give to people that donate for buy net and a net is sent to

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