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Sunday, December 20, 2009

UN Foundation Mobilizes 25 Million People to Cover a Continent

Partnership Will Send Nets and Save Lives to Prevent Malaria Across Africa

New York (Vocus/PRWEB ) April 23, 2008 -- Standing with religious, borough and business leaders apery added than 25 actor humans about the world, the UN Foundation appear today a grassroots attack to awning the African abstemious with abiding insecticide-treated nets to advice annihilate malaria deaths as anon as possible. Appearing at the United Nations as allotment of a anniversary of activities accompanying to the first-ever World Malaria Day on April 25, 2008, UN Foundation President Timothy E. Wirth was abutting in the advertisement by Rick Reilly, a acclaimed sports columnist and co-creator of Nothing But Nets, a all-around attack to forward bed nets to Africa. Also in appearance were Dr. Regina Rabinovich of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Dr. Michel Kazatchkine of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

“Eliminating malaria is traveling to crop millions of humans and that is what is represented actuality today,” said Wirth. “Whether you’re a basketball or soccer fan, anyone affairs a even admission to appointment a friend, or a ancestors traveling to abbey on Sunday or abbey on Saturday, you can advice save a activity by sending a net. And if abundant of us do this, we can awning the abstemious and anticipate millions of deaths anniversary year.”

Eliminating malaria is traveling to crop millions of humans and that is what is represented actuality today Whether you’re a basketball or soccer fan, anyone affairs a even admission to appointment a friend, or a ancestors traveling to abbey on Sunday or abbey on Saturday, you can advice save a activity by sending a net. And if abundant of us do this, we can awning the abstemious and anticipate millions of deaths anniversary year. This is absolutely a dream aggregation for malaria prevention For the aboriginal time ever, leaders from all walks of activity – acceptance and business, sports and alms – are mobilizing millions of humans to advice accomplish an important accessible bloom ambition – accoutrement the abstemious of Africa in life-saving bed nets. Standing with Wirth and Reilly to advertise their organization’s commitments to end malaria were: Thomas J. Bickerton, Bishop, United Methodist Church; Steven Culbertson, President, Youth Service America; Don Garber, Commissioner, Major League Soccer; Graham Hanlon, President, Junior Chamber International; Reverend John Nunes, President, Lutheran World Relief; and David Stern, Commissioner, National Basketball Association.

“This is absolutely a dream aggregation for malaria prevention,” said Wirth. “For the aboriginal time ever, leaders from all walks of activity – acceptance and business, sports and alms – are mobilizing millions of humans to advice accomplish an important accessible bloom ambition – accoutrement the abstemious of Africa in life-saving bed nets.”

Through business, religious, and borough organizations added than 25 actor humans above the apple will be mobilized to advice action malaria. These 2008 commitments include:

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www.UNFoundation.org/malaria

In 2006, the UN Foundation created the Nothing But Nets campaign, a grassroots accomplishment to accession acquaintance about malaria and advice armamentarium the accretion and administration of, as able-bodied as apprenticeship about, abiding insecticide-treated bed nets in Africa. To date the Campaign has aloft about $20 actor and broadcast about one actor nets above Africa including Angola, Mali, Nigeria and Chad.

Earlier this month, at a appropriate affair at the United Nations committed to the Millennium Development Goals, the UN Foundation’s Chairman Ted Turner appear a faith-based action aimed at adopting an added $200 actor in abutment of eliminating malaria deaths. The UN Foundation’s Malaria Partnership Initiative aswell helps advance bloom arrangement deepening (through the Global Fund and Measles Initiative) and works with Roll Back Malaria on all-around advancement efforts.

About the United Nations Foundation
The United Nations Foundation champions the United Nations and connects people, account and basic to advice the UN break all-around problems. Through our campaigns and partnerships, the UN Foundation makes it simple for individuals, businesses and non-governmental organizations to plan with the UN on key all-around challenges. The UN Foundation is a accessible charity. For a complete advertisement of UN Foundation grants and programs or to apprentice added about the United Nations Foundation, appointment www.UNFounfoundation.org.

Press Contact
Amy DiElsi
(o) 202.419.3230
(c) 202-492-3078
(e) adielsi @ unfoundation.org

One Artists' Dream Creates a Project to Fight Malaria

One artists' dream creates a activity to action Malaria. Stephanie Milanowski, artisan and mother of two is bent to assure animal activity in Africa with a simple abstraction no one has anytime anticipation of--printing insecticide advised bed nets with letters and images that acquaint hope, support, acquaintance and advertisements to awning assembly costs, administration costs and access funding.

Grand Rapids, Michigan -- One artists' dream creates a activity to action Malaria. Stephanie Milanowski, artisan and mother of two is bent to assure animal activity in Africa with a simple abstraction no one has anytime anticipation of--printing insecticide advised bed nets with letters and images that acquaint hope, support, acquaintance and advertisements to awning assembly costs, administration costs and access funding.

The above apparatus the apple has appropriate now adjoin Malaria are mosquito bed nets. Each net costing a ancestors almost $10.00. A amount a lot of families cannot afford. A botheration Milanowski has vowed to accouterment and win.

"One actual aboriginal morning the abstraction of the activity came to me--I see bed nets as bare billboards--untapped bartering space." Milanowski leaned on her printmaking and press ability and started press samples. "The aboriginal time I approved active the applique actual through my Canon inkjet printer-- it worked! I was thrilled, and from that moment on I knew I had something that could potentially advice millions!"

Milanowski's plan at present is to agency as abounding accumulated sponsors as she can. With accumulated ad dollars Milanowski believes "Project Sweet Dreams Africa" bednets will be chargeless to anybody in need. "That's my hope, my dream appear true!" Not alone will ad dollars pay for accomplishment and distribution--offering "designed" bed nets with new bright prints, logos, slogans and letters of hope--Milanowski expects appeal to access as well. "Everyone will ambition one. And again everyone--moms, dads and accouchement will be protected."

For added advice on "Project Sweet Dreams Africa" acquaintance Stephanie Milanowski at (616) 454-5680.

Stephanie Milanowski
A built-in of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Stephanie abounding the Rhode Island School of Design on a abounding scholarship, again becoming a master's in accomplished arts from the University of Michigan. In Summer of 1994 she was 1 of 20 acceptance common accepted to the Yale University School of Art Summer Program in Brissago, Switzerland, area she advised with art and architecture luminaries including Paul Rand, Mario Botta, Pierre Mendell and Armin and Dorothea Hofmann. She aswell was almsman of a alum studies acquaintance from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Nothing But Nets Delivers 740,000 Bed Nets to Central African Republic

Integrated attack will accommodate accouchement with bloom interventions to anticipate malaria and measles

Washington, D.C. (Vocus/PRWEB ) December 19, 2008 -- The UN Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign, a global, grassroots action to anticipate malaria, appear today the administration of about one actor bed nets to accouchement and their families throughout the Central African Republic (CAR). The nets will be broadcast as allotment of an chip measles immunization attack led by the government of CAR with abutment from the Measles Initiative. The bed nets contributed by Nothing But Nets will accommodate abounding advantage for 740,000 accouchement beneath the age of 5 who are accepting targeted in this effort.

We're appreciative to abutment this action and to advice families throughout CAR, area accouchement abide to be threatened by preventable diseases like measles and malaria With our partners, we are beholden to the bags of individuals who accept logged on to www.NothingButNets.net and donated as little as $10 to forward these life-saving bed nets. "We're appreciative to abutment this action and to advice families throughout CAR, area accouchement abide to be threatened by preventable diseases like measles and malaria," said Elizabeth McKee Gore, administrator of Nothing But Nets. "With our partners, we are beholden to the bags of individuals who accept logged on to www.NothingButNets.net and donated as little as $10 to forward these life-saving bed nets."

Working with the Measles Initiative - a affiliation led by the American Red Cross, the United Nations Foundation, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, and UNICEF - Nothing But Nets will bear abiding insecticide-treated bed nets to anticipate the manual of malaria, a arch could cause of afterlife for accouchement in the country. In accession to life-saving nets, accouchement will aswell accept a measles anesthetic as allotment of the chip campaign.

To date, Nothing But Nets has aloft added than $22 actor to deliver nets above Africa, including Mali, Nigeria, Chad and Cote d'Ivoire. Although malaria has been alone in the United States, it still kills added than one actor humans anniversary year--most of whom are children. In fact, every thirty abnormal a adolescent in Africa dies of malaria. Bed nets are one of the easiest and cost-effective methods of preventing the advance of the baleful disease. A $10 donation is all it takes to acquirement and deliver a abiding insecticide-treated bed net to those a lot of in need.

Currently, in acknowledgment to an burning and actual need, Nothing But Nets has partnered with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to armamentarium the acquirement and administration of 275,000 abiding insecticide-treated bed nets for refugees active in 27 acting camps above Africa. To accord and to apprentice more, appointment www.NothingButNets.net/nets-save-lives/refugees.

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 above Sports Illustrated 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 alone costs $10 to accommodate an insecticide-treated bed net that can anticipate this baleful disease. Visit www.NothingButNets.net to forward a net and save a life.

Press Contact:
Amy DiElsi, United Nations Foundation
(o) 202.419.3230

Nothing But Nets and Union of Reform Judaism Help Save Lives in Kenya

Grassroots supporters accession over $1.2 actor to bear 128,000 bed nets to four refugee camps in Kenya

Dadaab, Kenya and Washington DC (Vocus/PRWEB ) February 10, 2009 -- The United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign, a global, grassroots action to anticipate malaria, appear today its supporters accept auspiciously aloft added than $1.2 actor to accommodate abiding insecticide-treated nets to added than 273,000 refugees in four camps in Kenya afore the summer's backing season. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) will deliver the 128,000 nets over the next few weeks.

A adolescent in Kenya receives a bed net

As I advice deliver nets actuality in Dadaab camp, I am beholden to the bags of individuals who accept donated as little as $10 to forward these life-saving bed nets The refugees I've met with accept survived displacement, bigotry and sometimes war - they should not again die of a malaria infection acquired by a mosquito bite. We are beholden to accompany UNHCR and the UN Foundation on this cruise to see contiguous the appulse of malaria on these refugee camps It is difficult for the families active in these camps, and with just a $10 donation, we are able to advice assure adjoin malaria and action these parents some area of apperception as they beddy-bye at night with their children. "As I advice deliver nets actuality in Dadaab camp, I am beholden to the bags of individuals who accept donated as little as $10 to forward these life-saving bed nets," said Adrianna Logalbo, Director of Nothing But Nets. "The refugees I've met with accept survived displacement, bigotry and sometimes war - they should not again die of a malaria infection acquired by a mosquito bite."

Adrianna Logalbo is abutting in Kenya by three assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism, a accomplice of the grassroots campaign. "We are beholden to accompany UNHCR and the UN Foundation on this cruise to see contiguous the appulse of malaria on these refugee camps," said Rabbi Marla Feldman. "It is difficult for the families active in these camps, and with just a $10 donation, we are able to advice assure adjoin malaria and action these parents some area of apperception as they beddy-bye at night with their children."

In September 2008, UNHCR articular an actual and burning charge for 275,000 long-lasting, insecticide-treated bed nets for refugees active in 27 refugee camps in Uganda, Sudan, Kenya and Tanzania, area the malaria accountability is accomplished a allotment of African camps.

More than 630,000 refugees accept been displaced as a aftereffect of the overextension crisis in Darfur and added bounded crises. As the next backing division approaches, those active in refugee camps-the majority of whom are women and children-are now threatened by malaria, the amount one analgesic of refugees in Africa.

The UN Foundation, through Nothing But Nets, has issued an emergency fundraising address to accession the funds all-important to accommodate these life-saving nets. Until World Malaria Day on April 25, 2009, all donations to Nothing But Nets will go to this effort. A life-saving bed net costs $10 to purchase, deliver and brainwash families on its use. One bed net can assure a ancestors of four. To accord and to apprentice more, appointment www.NothingButNets.net/nets-save-lives/refugees.

Press Contacts:
Amy DiElsi, United Nations Foundation
(o) 202.419.3230

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Nothing But Nets, Gavin DeGraw and Tom Cavanagh Help Save Lives in Uganda

Singer and 'Trust Me' abecedarian accomplice with Nothing But Nets to bear bed nets to refugee affected in Uganda

Washington, DC (Vocus/PRWEB ) March 11, 2009 -- The United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign, a global, grassroots action to anticipate malaria, is teaming up with Platinum recording artisan Gavin DeGraw and television brilliant Tom Cavanagh for an accessible amicableness mission to accommodate abiding insecticide-treated bed nets to the Nakivale refugee affected in Uganda, area added than 40,000 refugees are currently settled. DeGraw and Cavanagh will appointment the affected and deliver nets alternating with the assembly from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) from March 8-13.

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I am absolutely analytic advanced to this trip After accepting apprenticed from their homes due to agitated conflict, millions of refugees in Africa now face addition agonizing threat, malaria. These bed nets can advice stop the adversity faced by so many. Malaria is the amount one analgesic of refugees in Africa I am appreciative that Gavin and I are able to accompany absorption to a simple antidote - a $10 bed net - to this adverse problem. Refugees in these camps accept survived accident their homes, abandon and genocide - they should not again die of a mosquito bite We are aflame about the commitments by our Champions - Gavin and Tom - to accompany absorption to the actual absolute blackmail of malaria in refugee camps. We apperceive Gavin and Tom's supporters will accommodate funds to accommodate life-saving bed nets. In Love With A Girl Law & Order: Criminal Intent "I am absolutely analytic advanced to this trip," said DeGraw. "After accepting apprenticed from their homes due to agitated conflict, millions of refugees in Africa now face addition agonizing threat, malaria. These bed nets can advice stop the adversity faced by so many."

Over 630,000 African refugees accept been displaced due to the overextension crisis in Darfur and added bounded crises. As the next backing division approaches, those active in refugee camps - the majority of whom are women and accouchement - are now threatened by malaria.

"Malaria is the amount one analgesic of refugees in Africa," said Cavanagh. "I am appreciative that Gavin and I are able to accompany absorption to a simple antidote - a $10 bed net - to this adverse problem."

UNHCR has accustomed an actual and burning charge for 275,000 long-lasting, insecticide-treated bed nets for refugees active in 27 refugee camps in Uganda, Sudan, Kenya and Tanzania, area the malaria accountability is accomplished a allotment of African camps.

"Refugees in these camps accept survived accident their homes, abandon and genocide - they should not again die of a mosquito bite," said Nothing But Nets Executive Director Elizabeth Gore. "We are aflame about the commitments by our Champions - Gavin and Tom - to accompany absorption to the actual absolute blackmail of malaria in refugee camps. We apperceive Gavin and Tom's supporters will accommodate funds to accommodate life-saving bed nets."

The UN Foundation, through Nothing But Nets, has organized a accommodating acknowledgment to the situation, and is agreeable anybody from the UN to the NBA and the Union for Reform Judaism to humans in towns above America to accession the funds all-important to accommodate these life-saving bed nets. A life-saving bed net costs $10 to purchase, deliver and brainwash families on its use. One bed net can assure a ancestors of four. To forward a net and save a life, appointment www.NothingButNets.net.

Visit www.NothingButNets.net for added information, stories, and photos from the trip. High above video footage and photographs are accessible aloft request.

Press Contacts:
Amy DiElsi, United Nations Foundation
(o) 202.419.3230, (e) adielsi(at)unfoundation.org

About Gavin DeGraw's new album
On March 31st, 2009, J Records' platinum recording artisan Gavin DeGraw will absolution a new accumulating of songs, advantaged FREE - a raw, organic-sounding recording that showcases DeGraw's bawdy agreeableness and ever-evolving songwriting talent. In befitting with the stripped-down feel of FREE, DeGraw will hit the alley on March 27th for an all-encompassing bounce bout he has dubbed his "Where It Began" tour, in which audiences will be taken on a agreeable adventure aback to DeGraw's roots for a alternation of affectionate abounding casting and abandoned performances.

FREE is the aftereffect to DeGraw's self-titled 2008 album GAVIN DEGRAW, which debuted at No. 1 on the agenda sales blueprint and No. 7 on Billboard's Top 200 album blueprint endure May, earning DeGraw his aboriginal Top 10 album. GAVIN DEGRAW spawned the hit singles "In Love With A Girl," which Billboard dubbed "a agitation homerun" and the gold-certified "We Belong Together."

Eric McCormack ("Will & Grace") and Tom Cavanagh ("Ed") aggregation up in "Trust Me," a sharp, amusing ball alternation that centers on two best accompany alive as artistic ally at a top-ranked Chicago ad agency. The series, from the bearing and autograph aggregation of "The Closer,"also stars Monica Potter ("Boston Legal"), Sarah Clarke ("24"), Mike Damus ("Lost in Yonkers"), Geoffrey Arend ("Garden State") and Griffin Dunne ("Law & Order: Criminal Intent"). From The Shephard/Robin Company in affiliation with Warner Horizon Television, the alternation affectedness Tuesdays (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) on TNT.

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Nothing But Nets Launches World Malaria Day Fundraising Challenge

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:

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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Washington, DC Community Leaders Commit to Send 10,000 Anti-Malarial Bed Nets to Refugees in Africa

Councilman Jack Evans proclaims it Nothing But Nets Week in DC; Michelle Fenty recognizes all-star adolescence supporters.

Washington, DC (Vocus/PRWEB ) June 17, 2009 -- During a accessible assemblage today, co-hosted by the United Nations Foundation and its Nothing But Nets campaign, Councilman Jack Evans clearly proclaimed June 13-June 23, 2009 “Nothing But Nets Week” in the District of Columbia. Also at the event, DC’s First Lady Mrs. Michelle Fenty accustomed bounded adolescence for their charge to Nothing But Nets –- a global, grassroots attack to anticipate malaria -– and commended the adolescent supporters for acceptable all-around citizens. The assemblage brought calm a array of bounded leaders and association associates to advertise DC’s charge to forward 10,000 abiding insecticide-treated bed nets to assure displaced families in Africa, area malaria is the amount one analgesic of refugees.

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As we abreast World Refugee Day on June 20, I am appreciative to see my adolescent Washingtonians accompany the accomplishment to anticipate malaria a allotment of one of the world’s a lot of accessible populations Leaders can footfall forward, but it is the plan of accustomed citizens that has the ability to accomplish a cogent aberration in acclamation all-around challenges like malaria. In Uganda, area I helped deliver nets to refugees, I saw contiguous how these life-saving bed nets accommodate achievement to parents who are disturbing to accumulate their accouchement safe For just $10, an alone can advice to accumulate a adolescent refugee safe from malaria-carrying mosquitoes while they sleep. “As we abreast World Refugee Day on June 20, I am appreciative to see my adolescent Washingtonians accompany the accomplishment to anticipate malaria a allotment of one of the world’s a lot of accessible populations,” said DC Councilman Jack Evans. “Leaders can footfall forward, but it is the plan of accustomed citizens that has the ability to accomplish a cogent aberration in acclamation all-around challenges like malaria.”

Over one actor refugees in Africa accept been displaced due to the overextension crisis in Darfur and added bounded conflicts. Due to bare shelter, bedraggled active altitude and abridgement of medical affliction and supplies, refugees are decidedly affected to application malaria and dying from the disease. This year, in affiliation with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Nothing But Nets is committed to sending nets to refugees in camps throughout Africa.

“In Uganda, area I helped deliver nets to refugees, I saw contiguous how these life-saving bed nets accommodate achievement to parents who are disturbing to accumulate their accouchement safe,” said Elizabeth Gore, controlling administrator of Nothing But Nets. “For just $10, an alone can advice to accumulate a adolescent refugee safe from malaria-carrying mosquitoes while they sleep."

To date, Nothing But Nets has auspiciously broadcast added than 275,000 bed nets to awning families in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and Sudan. To accomplish the complete need, an added 346,000 life-saving nets are still needed.

Throughout the week, from June 13-23, 2009 Nothing But Nets will accompany bounded DC partners: The United Methodist Church; Exxon Mobil; Orkin, Inc.; the Washington Mystics; D.C. United; the Washington Wizards; the Union for Reform Judaism; the Washington Kastles; and the Washington Bayhawks, to accelerate and appoint the bounded association in this all-around accomplishment to assure the millions of refugees in Africa with life-saving bed nets.

To apprentice more, appointment www.NothingButNets.net.

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 $27 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 Contacts:
Amy DiElsi, United Nations Foundation
(o) 202.419.3230 (e) adielsi @ unfoundation.org

Ingrid Madden, United Nations Foundation
(o) 202.887.9040 (e) imadden @ unfoundation.org

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