#AIR CLINIC WRITING CONTEST|MOSQUITOES AND THE AFRICAN MAN-the laments of young Dayo
An overview-why African Man?
African countries are most found to be in the tropics(equitorial zone) that encourages breeding of insects especially "mosquitoes". These tropical environment comprises of harsh weather conditions, hot humid climatic condition and jungles. Therefore, its creates a soothing environment for mosquitoes to dwell.
An African man who lives in an African country would have to deal with mosquitoes due to its tropical weather. Thus, Mosquitoes and the African Man is validated
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The story: Mosquitoes and the African Man
In Ogun state at Ijebu village, there was a young man named "Dayo". One night, Dayo was so restless due to mosquitoes Buzz and bites. He realizes that this particular day disturbance was more outrageous than previous encounters.
Dayo rolled left and right on his bed to get away from the intense annoying buzz made by mosquitoes in his room to his ears. In the course of killing them, he virtually slapped himself in several attempts.
Frustration caught his heart and unfortunately, that was the only room he had. He quickly grabbed his blankets roughly to cover his ears but the mosquitoes soprano, alto and high pitched buzzes, pierced through his ears.
An inspiration popped into his head
"Listen to music"
Dayo hurriedly rushed for his phone and earpiece. With soo much happiness, he played a trap song that had massive bass, hoping never to hear mosquitoes buzzes again.
He continued his anticipated fulfilling sleep. Suddenly, while sleeping, several mosquitoes feasted on his feet,"Jeśu!", "What can I do?" He cried loudly in anger. It was a celebration for the mosquitoes, even blankets could not save him. The night seemed everlasting for him.
Finally, it was morning. Dayo was up with reddish bumps on his body caused by mosquitoe bites. He came out of his house with a frowned face and noticed a lot of reasons mosquitoes ruined his night. He began to research. As a village youth, he asked, "why does mosquitoes breed much here"? Dayo gazed at nature of where he lived and noticed several things, which were;
He noticed... that his window net had torn causing a large hole
Dayo also saw basins filled with stagnant water while walking down the streets
A thick jungle in front of him made him realize the causes for mosquitoes breeding
He called for sanitation in his village and on his way to buy new net to safe guard himself
Dayo broke down. What happened to Dayo? Dayo had intense malaria due to consistent exposure to mosquitoes
Story word count:347
Lessons
Use the right measures to prevent mosquitoes(net,insectides)-Dayo thought he could prevent mosquitoes with blanket and music but there were no improvement. The lesson behind this aspect, is doing the suited thing for a particular problem. Insecticide, mosquitoe net, unfilling stagnant water are possible measures to prevent mosquitoes.
Ignorance can exchange your life. Get knowledge- In the end, Dayo broke down due to ignorance at first. But if he had utilize the information been rendered to him concerning preventions, he wouldn't have been sick.
Cleaniness is paramount- clearing bushy areas and calling for sanitation in your environment just like Dayo is advisable.
In conclusion, there is no doubt that mosquitoes breed in most, if not all African countries due to her tropical weather. Thus, prevention should be our paramount decision. All we can offer is prevention and vaccines but a total eradication of mosquitoes is nearly impossible especially in Africa.
According to World Health Organization(WHO), more than average of global population live in place where these mosquito species are present(mostly in tropical areas)
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Dayo rolled left and right on his bed to get away from the intense annoying buzz made by mosquitoes in his room to his ears. In the course of killing them, he virtually slapped himself in several attempts.
Frustration caught his heart and unfortunately, that was the only room he had. He quickly grabbed his blankets roughly to cover his ears but the mosquitoes soprano, alto and high pitched buzzes, pierced through his ears.
An inspiration popped into his head
"Listen to music"
Dayo hurriedly rushed for his phone and earpiece. With soo much happiness, he played a trap song that had massive bass, hoping never to hear mosquitoes buzzes again.
He continued his anticipated fulfilling sleep. Suddenly, while sleeping, several mosquitoes feasted on his feet,"Jeśu!", "What can I do?" He cried loudly in anger. It was a celebration for the mosquitoes, even blankets could not save him. The night seemed everlasting for him.
Finally, it was morning. Dayo was up with reddish bumps on his body caused by mosquitoe bites. He came out of his house with a frowned face and noticed a lot of reasons mosquitoes ruined his night. He began to research. As a village youth, he asked, "why does mosquitoes breed much here"? Dayo gazed at nature of where he lived and noticed several things, which were;
He noticed... that his window net had torn causing a large hole
Dayo also saw basins filled with stagnant water while walking down the streets
A thick jungle in front of him made him realize the causes for mosquitoes breeding
He called for sanitation in his village and on his way to buy new net to safe guard himself
Dayo broke down. What happened to Dayo? Dayo had intense malaria due to consistent exposure to mosquitoes
Story word count:347
Lessons
Use the right measures to prevent mosquitoes(net,insectides)-Dayo thought he could prevent mosquitoes with blanket and music but there were no improvement. The lesson behind this aspect, is doing the suited thing for a particular problem. Insecticide, mosquitoe net, unfilling stagnant water are possible measures to prevent mosquitoes.
Ignorance can exchange your life. Get knowledge- In the end, Dayo broke down due to ignorance at first. But if he had utilize the information been rendered to him concerning preventions, he wouldn't have been sick.
Cleaniness is paramount- clearing bushy areas and calling for sanitation in your environment just like Dayo is advisable.
Use the right measures to prevent mosquitoes(net,insectides)-Dayo thought he could prevent mosquitoes with blanket and music but there were no improvement. The lesson behind this aspect, is doing the suited thing for a particular problem. Insecticide, mosquitoe net, unfilling stagnant water are possible measures to prevent mosquitoes.
Ignorance can exchange your life. Get knowledge- In the end, Dayo broke down due to ignorance at first. But if he had utilize the information been rendered to him concerning preventions, he wouldn't have been sick.
Cleaniness is paramount- clearing bushy areas and calling for sanitation in your environment just like Dayo is advisable.
In conclusion, there is no doubt that mosquitoes breed in most, if not all African countries due to her tropical weather. Thus, prevention should be our paramount decision. All we can offer is prevention and vaccines but a total eradication of mosquitoes is nearly impossible especially in Africa.
According to World Health Organization(WHO), more than average of global population live in place where these mosquito species are present(mostly in tropical areas)
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It's @magatha and I hope you enjoyed my story. Thanks @nairadaddy. Much love#air-clinic
To partcipate in the 21st edition of the Air-Clinic contest, gladly Click here
JOIN THE #AIR-CLINIC DISCORD CHANNEL WITH THIS LINK; https://discord.gg/rqded5m
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Thanks for the creative line to your story.
thanks so much, I appreciate your comment