Nyabondo lies on a high plateau in Western Kenya close to Lake Victoria. The main source of income for the population is the manufacture of handmade bricks from the natural clay of this wetland area. This has led to thousands of depressions in the ground filled with stagnant water, which tragically provide ideal breeding sites for mosquito larvae. Since they are so close to the villages, malaria spreads rapidly.

In previous phases of the project the scale of the need for environmentally safe malaria control became apparent. What is most important is that those affected are informed (e.g. during special malaria info-events) about the danger presented by these stagnant bodies of water as breeding sites for the malaria mosquito. For this reason, local key people are trained to become so-called "Mosquito-Scouts". They are charged with an important responsibility, namely to guarantee the active participation of the population in sustainably controlling malaria.

Stagnant pools of water are dried out in community work, and blocked water channels are cleared so that water may flow again. Where this is not possible, stagnant bodies of water are treated with an environmentally safe bacteria (Bti, Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis), to decimate the mosquitoes in the larval stage. Impregnated bed nets are distributed to those groups particularly at risk from malaria (mothers and small children). When used correctly, these mosquito nets provide the safest protection from malaria-transmitting mosquito bites.