Supporters are agreeable their NETworks to get on the map.
Washington, DC -- The United Nations Foundation’s Nothing But Nets attack launched a common fundraiser claiming today to accession money to forward lifesaving bed nets to refugee camps in Africa, area malaria is the amount one analgesic of refugees. Supporters are captivation hundreds of fundraisers above the country in the lead-up to World Malaria Day on April 25, 2009. Individuals can appearance area contest are accident common on a new Google map affection at www.NothingButNets.net/WorldMalariaDay. People can get on the map by registering their accident and can aswell apprentice added about the accumulation of nets to refugees in Africa.
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After abiding from Uganda area I helped deliver nets to refugees, I am beholden to all of our supporters and ally who are abutting us to advice forward nets and save lives I saw actual how these lifesaving bed nets advice accommodate achievement to parents who are disturbing to accumulate their accouchement safe. For just $10, a being can advice accumulate a adolescent refugee safe from malaria-carrying mosquitoes while they sleep. “After abiding from Uganda area I helped deliver nets to refugees, I am beholden to all of our supporters and ally who are abutting us to advice forward nets and save lives,” said Elizabeth Gore, controlling administrator of Nothing But Nets. “I saw actual how these lifesaving bed nets advice accommodate achievement to parents who are disturbing to accumulate their accouchement safe. For just $10, a being can advice accumulate a adolescent refugee safe from malaria-carrying mosquitoes while they sleep.”
During a admission Nothing But Nets fundraising accident in Seattle's West Lake Park today, association associates had the befalling to crop a chargeless soccer bang adjoin Seattle Sounders FC amateur Sanna Nyassi, and shoot basketball with the Seattle Storm mascot, Doppler, in barter for a $10 donation. Representatives from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Seattle Sounders FC, the WNBA Storm, the Bellevue accessible academy system, and the Union for Reform Judaism abounding the event, area the ages of April was clearly proclaimed “Nothing But Nets Month” in Seattle, on account of Mayor Greg Nickels.
Around the country, hundreds of contest are currently happening, or are appointed to crop place, from now until World Malaria Day on April 25. These include:
- a student-run Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser in Middle Westfield, Mass., which aloft $3,000; an anniversary cutting challenge and bashful arrangement that 12-year-old Kevin Vernimb from New Jersey hosted as allotment of his town’s amusement basketball ancestors day; a chargeless dress anniversary at the Rancho Solano Private Schools in Scottsdale, Ariz., area seventh graders achievement to accession $5,000; a account concert at Western Washington University organized by acceptance Ashley Vance and Jordon Smith; a 3-on-3 basketball clash at La Jolla Country Day High School in LaJolla, Calif.; and a penny drive organized by Amy Eckley, a abecedary at South Hill Elementary in Ithaca, N.Y.
Over 630,000 African refugees accept been displaced due to the overextension crisis in Darfur and added bounded crises. Due to bare shelter, bedraggled active conditions, and abridgement of medical affliction and supplies, refugees are decidedly affected to application malaria and dying from the disease. As the next backing division approaches, the charge for bed nets in these camps is added burning than ever.
Through its affiliation with UNHCR, Nothing But Nets has already auspiciously delivered added than 150,000 bed nets to awning four refugee camps in Kenya and two camps in Uganda. That translates to over $1.5 actor aloft by its supporters, and brings the attack center to its ambition of sending 275,000 nets by World Malaria Day. The funds aloft by supporters during this month’s fundraising claiming will accomplish it accessible to forward the actual nets to refugees in Uganda, Sudan, and Tanzania.
To analysis out added fundraisers, appointment www.NothingButNets.net/WorldMalariaDay to appearance the alternate Google map, which highlights contest demography abode worldwide.
About Nothing But Nets
Nothing But Nets is a global, grassroots attack to save lives by preventing malaria, a arch analgesic of accouchement in Africa. Inspired by sports columnist Rick Reilly, tens of bags of humans accept abutting the attack that was created by the United Nations Foundation in 2006. Founding attack ally cover the National Basketball Association’s NBA Cares, the humans of The United Methodist Church, and Sports Illustrated. It costs just $10 to accommodate a abiding insecticide-treated bed net to anticipate this baleful disease. Visit www.NothingButNets.net to forward a net and save a life.
To date, Nothing But Nets has aloft added than $25 actor and broadcast over 2.5 actor nets to accouchement and families in Africa. One bed net can assure a ancestors of four for up to 5 years.
Press Contact:
Amy DiElsi, United Nations Foundation
(o) 202.419.3230
(e) adielsi(at)unfoundation.org
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