2025
ANNUAL REPORT
Table of Contents
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- Opening Letters
From the Executive Director and Board Chair - Our Mission
- Our Work
- Affiliate Updates
Malaria Partners Zambia, Malaria Partners Uganda, Malaria
Partners West Africa, Malaria Partners Zimbabwe - Community Impact Grants
- Finances
- 2025 Board of Directors
- Our Supporters
- Opening Letters
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The past year has marked an unprecedented period of transition in global health. Long‑standing assumptions about how the world organizes itself to confront shared challenges are being rewritten in real time. Countries are asserting greater leadership in shaping their own health priorities. Donors are seeking more agile, targeted forms of cooperation. Communities are demanding approaches that reflect their lived realities. And across the system, we are witnessing a shift toward models that value partnership, proximity, and accountability above all else.
In this evolving landscape, malaria remains both a defining test and a powerful opportunity. It is a disease that is solvable within a generation, yet still deeply intertwined with questions of equity, resilience, and political will. Progress is possible—and in many places still accelerating—but only when communities, governments, and partners work in concert, with clarity of purpose and shared commitment.
Malaria Partners International (MPI) has always believed in this kind of partnership‑driven progress. Our model—rooted in local leadership, volunteer engagement, and catalytic investment—was built for a moment like this. As global health moves toward more distributed, country‑led, and community‑anchored approaches, MPI is not adapting to a new paradigm; we are poised to help shape it.
In 2025, our work expanded in both depth and reach. Rotary members and partners mobilized in record numbers, supporting community health workers, strengthening surveillance systems, and advancing targeted interventions in high‑burden areas. Through Malaria Partners International and our network of country‑level affiliates, we saw firsthand how locally driven action can unlock national momentum and global confidence. These efforts are not only saving lives today—they are laying the foundation for the next era of malaria elimination.
What gives us hope is not just the progress reflected in the pages of this report, but the alignment we see emerging across the global health community. Governments are prioritizing primary health care. Donors are investing in frontline workers. New tools—from vaccines to next‑generation diagnostics—are becoming available. And communities are stepping forward with the determination and ingenuity that have always been the true engine of change.
MPI enters this new chapter with clarity and conviction. We remain committed to empowering local leaders, strengthening community‑based systems, and mobilizing the Rotary network to accelerate progress where it matters most. The challenges ahead are real, but so is the momentum—and the opportunity to help shape a healthier, more equitable future.
Thank you for standing with us, for believing in the power of partnership, and for helping ensure that the next decade is the one in which malaria becomes a story of shared success rather than a cautionary tale of what happens when you take your foot off the gas.
Together, we move forward with purpose and hope.
Meg L. DeRonghe
Executive Director
LETTER FROM THE BOARD CHAIR
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
As we reflect on 2025, I am pleased to share that it has been a year of meaningful progress and renewed momentum for Malaria Partners International (MPI), We have been strengthened by organizational growth, and have expanded partnerships for impactful global engagement.
This year has seen the increasing diversity of our Board of Directors. We have welcomed new active, engaged members with strong connections to Sub-Saharan Africa whose perspectives and lived experiences bring invaluable insight to our work. Their leadership has deepened our commitment to informed, local strategies and reinforced our advocacy for the training and equipping of community health workers—a cadre that remains the backbone of effective malaria prevention, diagnosis, and treatment in many communities around the world.
Our vision of a malaria-free world has advanced through our steadfast support for the training and equipping of community health workers that care for those in most need and in 2025, our grantmaking continued to support Rotarian-led malaria efforts. While we directed most of our funding to Africa, where the burden of malaria remains greatest, we are also looking to expand our investments and partnerships to additional geographies, including funding a project in Indonesia this year as a start to diversifying globally. This work is made possible by the generosity of our supporters and the dedication of our partners working tirelessly on the front lines of malaria control.
Another highlight of the year was the energizing Global Malaria Eradication Conference held in Calgary on June 20, 2025. The gathering brought together scientists, clinicians, public health leaders, and advocates from around the world to share research, strengthen collaborations, and reaffirm the global commitment to malaria eradication. The energy and ideas generated at this conference will continue to shape our work in the years ahead.
Finally, I am delighted to share that we welcomed a new Executive Director in 2025. The appointment of Meg DeRonghe brings additional expertise in malaria advocacy, global health programs and funding, and nonprofit administration to our organization. With this leadership in place, MPI is well-positioned to expand its reach, deepen its partnerships, and increase the impact of our programs.
These accomplishments would not be possible without the dedication of our partners, supporters, and community health workers around the world. Your commitment fuels our mission and inspires continued progress toward a world free of malaria.
Thank you for your ongoing support and partnership.
Sincerely,
William P. Hammond, MD, FACP
Board Chair
Our MissioN
TO IGNITE AN INTERNATIONAL ROTARIAN CAMPAIGN TO END MALARIA
Our Work
Supporting Rotary-Led Malaria Initiatives
In 2025, Malaria Partners International funded 11 Community Impact Grant projects in 5 countries, totaling $101,237. Our Community Impact Grants program funds Rotarian-led projects that include activities like training Community Health Workers (CHWs), providing malaria prevention education, conducting malaria testing and treatment, and distributing bed nets door-to-door.
The projects funded this year are engaging 12 Rotary Clubs, 5 Rotaract Clubs, and 2 Rotary Malaria Committees to strengthen local malaria prevention and control efforts.
Community Impact Grants Funded
Countries received Community Impact Grants
USD Awarded through Community Impact Grants
CHWs trained through Community Impact Grants
Partner organizations supporting 2025 grant work
Estimated direct beneficiaries through 2025 grant work
Advocacy & Engagements
Global Malaria Eradication Conference
The 2025 Global Malaria Eradication Conference was held on June 20, 2025, in Calgary, Alberta. The conference featured a robust and balanced program, bringing together scientists, medical professionals, and policy experts. There were over 150 attendees. We had three objectives for the conference:
1. Educate: Enhance all attendees’ knowledge about the disease and the progress in its treatment. Raise Rotarians' awareness of the critical role that Rotary International and local Rotary clubs play in combating malaria.
2. Inspire: Encourage Rotarians to apply what they have learned and put it into action in their home countries.
3. Come Together: As Rotarians, we must unite to focus our efforts on combating malaria. There are a tremendous number of resources and a vast reservoir of passion available to help Rotarians in this effort. From Rotary International, Rotary Action Groups, MPI, and the local Rotary Clubs, we must unite and coordinate our efforts to harness and deliver on our mission.
Thank you to RAM-Global, all our sponsors, our speakers, and attendees for their essential contribution to a successful and inspirational conference. You can watch all 2025 Global Malaria Eradication Conference sessions here.
Rotary International Convention
This year’s event was held in Calgary, Canada and it welcomed over 20,000 Rotarians for fellowship, learning and inspiration in addressing humanitarian needs. For the last forty years, the convention has served as a platform for brainstorming solutions to issues such as polio eradication, which has become Rotary’s overarching goal.
With polio wiped out in all but two countries, Rotarians are beginning to tackle other preventable and treatable diseases like malaria. MPI’s booth at the convention provided a wonderful opportunity to talk with Rotarians from around the world about Rotary’s significant role in malaria eradication. Our Under the Net Challenge, launched at the convention, provides a hands-on way for Rotary clubs to get involved in malaria education, advocacy and elimination.
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Our Affiliates
EST. 2018
Malaria Partners Zambia
Modestine Kaoma
Board Co-Chairperson
Morton Mgemezulu
Treasurer, Board Member
Martha Lungu
Executive Director
Eric Liswaniso
Programmes Manager
Andrew Mikandu
Grant Finance & Admin
Peter Ngandu
Project Officer
Mulishani! Mulibwanji!
Greetings from Zambia!
Written by Martha Lungu
2025 was a year of strong growth and meaningful impact for Malaria Partners Zambia. Our efforts focused on improving community health, strengthening partnerships, and increasing Rotary involvement in the national malaria elimination efforts. We worked closely with the Ministry of Health, the National Malaria Elimination Centre, PATH, and World Vision Zambia.
Rotary Healthy Communities Challenge
A major achievement was the continued training and support of Community Health Workers (CHWs) through integrated Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM), under the Rotary Health Communities Challenge (RHCC) Project. The CHWs now provide better care for malaria, diarrhoea, and pneumonia diseases.
Through this work, MPZ supported the finalization of national iCCM training manuals, launched training in Chisamba District, and helped carry out additional CHW trainings in Chisamba and Ngabwe. The team also supported six-week attachment reviews, joint monitoring and supervision visits, a dissemination and capacity transfer workshop, and Year 1 review and Year 2 planning discussions.
Advocacy & Engagements
MPZ’s advocacy and engagement work also grew in 2025. The team carried out advocacy visits to 15+ Rotary clubs across Zambia, shared updates on RHCC progress, and encouraged stronger Rotarian participation in grassroots malaria work. MPZ also presented Zambia’s progress at the District Conference, Rotary Zone Institute, Rotary International Convention, the Global Malaria Eradication Conference, and the FLAME Roundtable, while continuing to participate in End Malaria Council and NMEC coordination meetings throughout the year. One of our biggest highlights of the year was our partnership with World Bicycle Relief, which helped us replace old bicycles for CHWs trained under Copperbelt Phase 1. This support, restored mobility and motivation for frontline workers who rely on bicycles to reach remote communities.
In Memoriam
"A malaria-free world will lead to prosperity and high standard of living in the communities which are now prone to deprivation and poverty because of malaria."
Dr. Mwangala Muyendekwa
Kalulushi, Co-Chair, Malaria Partners Zambia
Local Rotary clubs engaged in MPZ activities
Rotarians engaged in MPZ activities
Trainings and presentations conducted
EST. 2019
Malaria Partners Uganda
Ken Mugisha
Board Chair
Royce Gloria Androa
Chairperson, Finance Committee
Solomon Ossiya Alemu
Chairperson, Programs Committee
Bernard Hamala Osenda
Board Member
Florence Olwedo
Egwau Alaroker
Board Member
Eva Kagona
Programs Manager
Shikamoo!
Greetings from Uganda!
Written by Eva Kagona
In 2025, Malaria Partners Uganda (MPU) witnessed the impact of Rotary-led action. Our core activities focused on supporting Rotary Clubs to implement the Child to Family (C2F) school initiative and strengthening frontline Health services.
MPU partnered with five Rotary clubs, trained 300 learners as malaria champions across 10 schools, and equipped 20 Community Health Workers with diagnostic tools and protocols to support a stronger test-and-treat approach.
The team also commemorated World Malaria Day and World Mosquito Day, joined the Parliament of Uganda in a malaria awareness walk in the West Nile region, and saw growth in Community Impact Grants awarded.
Child to Family Initiative
A major highlight of the year was the continued growth of the Child to Family initiative. MPU worked with schools, VHTs, district officials, teachers, religious leaders, and Rotarians to position students as active messengers in malaria prevention.
Across the year, the initiative engaged more than 2,000 students, parents, local leaders, and church leaders, with students helping carry messages about testing, treatment, and prevention into their homes and communities. This initiative also strengthens referral pathways between schools and health centers, supporting earlier diagnosis and treatment for children and families.
Advocacy & Engagements
MPU also expanded its advocacy and engagement work throughout the year. Through fellowships, club presentations, district meetings, project launches, and national commemorations, the team encouraged more Rotary clubs to take up Community Impact Grants and include malaria testing and treatment in medical camps.
Public events such as World Malaria Day in Soroti and World Mosquito Day in Arua helped bring malaria messages to students, parents, district leaders, and community stakeholders. This work continued to strengthen Rotary’s visibility in community malaria efforts and build closer working relationships with schools, health facilities, district leaders, and local partners.
Local Rotary clubs actively engaged in MPU projects
Rotarians actively engaged in MPU projects
Trainings and presentations conducted
EST. 2022
Malaria Partners WEST AFRICA
Dr. Emma Bruce
Executive Director, MPWA
Chairperson, Rotary District 9101 Subcommittee on Malaria
Issiaka Soulama
President of Rotary Malaria Committee of Burkina Faso
Magali Serine
President of Rotary Malaria Committee of Cape Verde
Stéphane Bonny
President of Rotary Malaria Committee of Cote D’Ivoire
Mohamed Magassouba
President of Rotary Malaria Committee of Guinea Conakry
Yatta Wapoe
President of Rotary Malaria Committee of Liberia
Sekou Simpara
President of Rotary Malaria Committee of Mali
Theodora Wilkinson
President of Rotary Malaria Committee of Sierra Leone
Louis Camara
President of Rotary Malaria Committee of Senegal
PAG Kouame Djémis Ange-Nogues
Adviser, Rotary District 9101 Subcommittee on Malaria
Abou-Bakar Ouattara
District Governor 9101, 25-26
Salut! ¡Olá!
Greetings from West Africa!
Written by Dr. Emma Bruce
In 2025, Malaria Partners West Africa focused on coordinating and strengthening country-level Rotary malaria committees across Rotary District 9101 in 10 West African countries.
One highlight was the 4th Annual General Meeting in Burkina Faso, which brought together 64 participants, including committee leaders and Rotary district leadership, to review progress, share updates on MPI-funded malaria projects, and discuss priorities for the year ahead. Throughout the year, MPWA also provided guidance to committees as they developed project ideas, prepared proposals, and carried malaria activities forward in their own countries.
Rotary D9101 Malaria Committees and Community Impact Grants
A major focus in 2025 was helping Rotary malaria committees move from planning to action. MPWA provided hands-on guidance throughout the grant process, from shaping project ideas with National Malaria Control Programs to reviewing proposals, supporting budgets, coordinating documentation, monitoring implementation, and guiding final reports.
Advocacy & Engagements
MPWA’s advocacy work in 2025 focused on keeping Rotary visible in malaria efforts across the region and creating space for leaders to learn from one another.
In Burkina Faso, the annual meeting brought together committee leaders and district leadership to review progress, discuss current and pending malaria activities, and exchange ideas across countries.
In The Gambia, Rotary malaria representatives remained engaged with national malaria partners during World Malaria Day planning and the national bed net campaign, while media outreach through radio, television, and online messaging reached more than 500,000 people. MPWA also represented West African Rotary malaria work at international forums, where it brought regional experience into broader conversations on malaria partnership and action.
Local Rotary Committees engaged in MPWA activities
Rotarians engaged in MPWA activities
Trainings and presentations conducted
EST. 2024
Malaria Partners Zimbabwe
Samuel Chikowore
Board Chair
Sarah Tembedza
Deputy Chair
Gabriel Chipara
Board Member
Mikias Gwamanda
Board Member
Trudy Ncube-Mhlanga
Board Member
Lorna Nyoni
Board Secretary
Mhoroi! Salibonani!
Greetings from Zimbabwe!
Written by Lorna Nyoni
In 2025, Malaria Partners Zimbabwe continued to strengthen community-based malaria action through outreach, frontline support, and close engagement with health and community leaders.
The team focused on practical work in high-risk districts, especially Mudzi, while also supporting local partners with health education, mentorship, outbreak response, and prevention activities.
Across the year, MPZim remained active in both community implementation and wider malaria coordination, keeping Rotary connected to real needs on the ground.
Community-Based Responses
MPZim supported mentorship for Community Health Workers, trained malaria control agents, and carried out health education sessions in affected wards.
The team also joined outreach activities for artisanal miners and other high-risk groups, supported IRS efforts, and provided practical items such as mosquito repellents and other prevention supplies where they were most needed.
Through follow-up tied to the Rotary Club of Msasa’s Community Impact Grant, MPZim also identified and responded to additional needs in the field, including safer treatment spaces and support for frontline workers serving remote communities.
Advocacy & Engagements
The team participated in World Malaria Day, World Mosquito Day, SADC Malaria Week, Rotary district events, and regular meetings with the Ministry of Health and Child Care, the National Malaria Control Programme, faith leaders, and community representatives. These engagements kept Rotary visible in malaria conversations, strengthened relationships with government, church, and community partners, and created space to raise practical needs from the field. That same engagement also supported the construction of low-cost treatment sheds for Community Health Workers in Mudzi, improving the spaces where frontline care is delivered in remote communities.
Rotary Committees engaged in MPZim activities
Rotarians engaged in MPZim activities
Trainings and presentations conducted
Community Impact Grants
In 2025, Community Impact Grants continued to support locally led efforts to prevent malaria, expand access to testing and treatment, and strengthen community awareness. We supported 11 projects this year,
CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Equipping the Laboratory of Toulepleu General Hospital and Malaria Sensitization
Strengthened malaria diagnosis capacity through laboratory equipment and malaria sensitization activities focused on prevention, prompt testing, and appropriate treatment.
INDONESIA
Malaria Prevention, Education and Testing at Umalulu, Sumba
Combined malaria education, bed net distribution, indoor residual spraying, and laboratory capacity building for malaria diagnosis.
LIBERIA
Enabling Private Health Facilities to Adopt Government Malaria Guidelines
Supported 20 private hospitals and clinics to align with national malaria protocols through training, guideline dissemination, RDT support, and monthly supervision.
NIGERIA
Malaria Awareness and Prevention Campaign
Supports four waterfront communities through community mobilization, testing and treatment, ITN distribution, indoor residual spraying, and environmental sanitation.
UGANDA
Budondo Malaria Control Project
Brings together malaria education, community behavior change, screening support, and ITN distribution for high-risk groups.
UGANDA
Hope Against Malaria Project
Provided malaria screening, treatment, insecticide-treated bed nets, prevention education, and VHT support in Namuwongo, Kampala.
UGANDA
Nalugala Parish Malaria Control Project
This project will train and deploy local teams to conduct household surveys, distribute bed nets, perform indoor spraying, clean mosquito breeding sites, and broadcast prevention messages, with follow-up surveys measuring impact after six months.
funded by the
Rotary Club of Augsburg- Rennaissancestadt
UGANDA
Transforming Lives: Malaria Impact Reduction Initiative in Ngora District
Project work combines malaria prevention education, ITN promotion, indoor residual spraying, and culturally rooted community practices to reduce malaria risk.
UGANDA
Rotary Community Action for Malaria Prevention and Health Improvement
Project work includes ITN distribution, community sensitization, school-based education, and VHT training to address malaria burden in Rubingo Ward, Fort Portal.
UGANDA
United Against Malaria Project
Combined household outreach, school-based education, health facility support, malaria-smart home promotion, and training on malaria prevention, testing, and treatment practices.
Rotary Project Partners:
Rotary Club of Kampala Springs
Rotary Club of Kampala North
Rotaract Club of Bwebajja
UGANDA
Bukasakya-Bungokho Malaria Control Project
Strengthened malaria prevention, diagnosis, and treatment through stakeholder and VHT training, community sensitization, radio outreach, medical camp activities, and bed net distribution.
Rotary Project Partners:
Rotary Club of Mbale City
Rotaract Club of Lubowa
Rotaract Club of Mildmay
Financials
In 2025, MPI continued to support its Community Impact Grants program with a total of $101,237 distributed to Rotary Clubs for work that directly impacts high-burden communities in malaria-endemic regions. MPI also provided $256,460 to its affiliate organizations in Zambia, Uganda, West Africa, and Zimbabwe for advocacy, programmatic and education purposes.
While total grants supporting our African affiliates and grant projects fell 14%, largely due to the timing and funding of requests, MPI remains committed to growing its Community Impact Grant program, which is funded entirely through individual and Rotary Club contributions.
MPI began 2025 with net assets of $191,789 and the organization’s balance sheet ended the year on solid footing with total liquid assets at year-end of $566,530 available to fund continuing operations. Importantly, individual giving remained strong at $172,904, in 2025. MPI recognizes revenue when it is received, so while total revenues fell from $1,125,954 in 2023 to $307,050 in 2024, this drop was due to significant two-year grant, distributed in full in 2023. MPI fully anticipates continuing renewed funding in early 2025.
FUNDING SOURCES
USE OF FUNDS
Beginning net assets (January 1, 2024): $1,055,000
Ending net assets (December 31, 2024): $190,789
2025 Board of Directors
Bill Feldt
Board Chair
RC Federal Way
Katherine Matos
Secretary
RC Kent
Charley Dickey
Treasurer
RC Seattle 4
Dr. William Hammond
Board Chair Elect
RC Seattle 4
Board Members
Jenny Andrews
RC Bellevue Breakfast
Corinne Cavanaugh
RC Passport
Dean Hanks
RC Tacoma 8
Dr. Mireille Kanda
RC Washington, D.C.
Kevin Klustner
RC Bellevue Breakfast
Mike McLeod
RC Bellevue Breakfast
James R. Moore
RC Seattle 4
Marsha Mutisi
RC Seattle 4
Stacey Ogle
RC Tacoma 8
Sala Sweet
RC University District
Clayton Taylor
RC Oklahoma City
Dr. Wendy Todaro Thanassi
Board Ambassadors
John Adams
RC Seattle 4
Linda Cheever
RC Seattle 4
Catherine Willis Cleveland
RC Seattle 4
Robin DuBrin
RC Emerald City
Dorothy Echodu
RC Seattle 4
Larry Granat
RC Seattle 4
Jim Mulry
RC Phoenix 100
Nancy Osborne
RC Seattle 4
Dr. Derick Pasternak
RC Ballard
Harry Short
RC Seattle 4
Dave Siebert
RC Seattle 4
Ezra Teshome
RC University District
OUR Supporters
Thank you to all of the generous donors that make this work possible.
CHANGEMAKERS
$10,000+
Linda Cheever
Charles Dickey & Sheila Wyckoff-Dickey
Bill & Karen Feldt
William Hammond & Nancy Osborne
Jim Moore & Kristi Branch
Stacey & Ed Ogle
Lloyd Silver
Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club
Advocates
Total: $1,000 - $9,999
Jenny Andrews
Ahmet Atahan
Dean Hanks
Howard Johnson
Patricia Keegan
Kevin Klustner
Tecla & Michael Legge
Steven Lingenbrink
Katherine Matos
Michael McLeod
Marsha Mutisi
Scott Silver
Todd & Teresa Silver
Drake Zimmerman
Bessemer Giving Fund
Clarence & Anne Dillon Dunwalke Trust
Rotary Club of Casper Wyoming
Rotary Club of Tacoma #8
Rotary Foundation of Duvall
SUPPORTERS
Total: $100 - $999
Harold Anderson
Annette Baesel
Elizabeth Barnhart
Colleen Barrett
Ashley & Nicholas Bedlan
Kit Bowerman
Wendy Bream
Neil Bretvick
Evison Brian
Jonathan Bridge
Margie Burnett
Corinne Cavanaugh
Kenneth Colling
Mike Dunbar
Kimberly Feldt
Stephanie Feldt
Fred Finkelstein
Cindy Grady
Laurence Granat
Kathryn & Robert Holert
Mireille Kanda
Morris Kremen
Rachel Lawton
Clavijo Martin
Judith Moomjian
Stephen & Cordelia Munroe
Carol Nelson
Mary Lynn Pannen
Kaj Pedersen
Harold Phillips
Karen Ragan
Callan Robin
Greg Rolsma
Harvey Rubinstein
Sweeney Sheldon
Nicolai Shirliu
Kim Shrader
Ian Nigel William Shulver
David Siebert
Karl Singer
Lynn & Michael Sjolund
Sala Sweet
Wendy Thanassi
Pamela Walker
Carol Weisbecker
David Westgor
Kathryn Williams
American Medical Tennis Association