The 25th April marks World Malaria Day and Relate, a Cape-based NGO, is turning the tide on this disease with the sale of the Relate Bracelet. The nearly 500 000 causal bracelets have, since their launch in 2010, raised over R 3 million, bought 45 000 mosquito nets, protected approximately 500 000 people from the disease and have enabled 250 pensioners, refugees and young unemployed adults to earn a living. Despite Malaria not being as widespread in South Africa as in other parts of the world, it remains responsible for over half a million deaths annually, mostly pregnant women and children. In sub-Saharan Africa, statistics reveal that one child dies every minute from this disease, despite Malaria being both preventable