Even a malaria expert needs protection from mosquitoes in Africa. Dr. Amy Bei, a Harvard-trained, Yale professor who speaks a gazillion languages spends her time between Dakar, Senegal and New Haven, CT. When she’s not fighting malaria, she grows and roasts her own coffee in Senegal, knits and weaves, and is working on her pilot […]
In late November, the Canadian military contacted us for a rush order to outfit a team of 60 heading to Africa in a week with pop up mosquito nets. We didn’t ask where they were going and they didn’t tell. A quick search on google revealed the mission is the Canadian government’s response to the […]
Now that Ebola has claimed its first victim in the US, more of us are concerned and worried. We find ourselves paying attention to the headlines mentioning it and reading more about it. But many of our doctors have been choosing to work in West Africa since the outbreak was announced in March despite the […]
London – Cape Town – Cairo in 39 WEEKS… that’s like 9 months! Traveling with 25 other people in an 18-ton bright-yellow truck through 28 countries all around Africa is not your typical overlanding trip. You will trace the rugged Atlantic coast skirting the Sahara desert, cut through the Congo forest, make your way over […]
NGOs and non-profits have to travel to some pretty remote places. Places where diseases are rampant and medical help is far away. In such a situation you need a reliable shelter. A shelter which is totally enclosed yet breathable. The SansBug mosquito tent is far superior to regular mosquito nets especially when you have to […]
The SansBug is going places. Many churches are opting for the pop up mosquito nets for mission trips. The nets are freestanding so they don’t have to worry about placing them in a spot where they could be suspended. Just unzip, slide out and toss up! “They worked great!” First Baptist of Fayetteville, TN sent […]
Not wanting to be caught in the Sunday evening traffic jam at the Likoni ferry, I left Gazi Bay around 4pm after loading my car with oranges and apple mangoes (a mango cultivar whose flesh is firm, sweet and doesn’t leave fibers sticking in between your teeth). […]
