Nothing But Nets
Issue Area: Children’s Health
A child dies of malaria every 30 seconds, but since 2001, through the Measles Initiative, we have helped to distribute millions of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets to children in Africa as a form of prevention.
The United Nations Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign, was created in 2006, and since then, a diverse set of Nothing But Nets partners and tens of thousands of supporters, including UNICEF, the World Health Organization, NBA Cares, MLS W.O.R.K.S. and the people of The United Methodist Church, have raised more than $27 million to send bed nets and save children’s lives.
In the fall of 2008, Nothing But Nets teamed up with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to send long-lasting, insecticide-treated bed nets to refugees living in camps in Africa. The campaign has already purchased more than 275,000 bed nets for four countries – and aims to send enough nets to cover 11 more countries over the next year. As the next rainy season approaches, those living in refugee camps – the majority of whom are women and children – are now threatened by malaria.
This June, partners and supporters from the Washington, D.C. area including D.C. First Lady Michelle Fenty, Councilman Jack Evans, D.C. United, the Wizards, and the Mystics committed to raising funds to send 10,000 bed nets to refugees in Africa. The commitment was announced as part of the 16th Nothing But Nets City Tour in Washington, D.C., at a rally where the D.C. Council proclaimed it Nothing But Nets Week.
When you send a net, you provide hope for a healthy future. Now, when you donate $10, you can send a message of hope and a life-saving bed net to a family in Africa. Send hope today.
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STORIES OF IMPACT
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Delivering Hope to Refugees in Uganda
Area of Involvement: Children’s Health
Malaria is the number one killer of refugees in Africa. For people who have lost so much, a bed net can mean life or death. I traveled to Uganda with the UN High Commission on Refugees to help deliver some of the 600,000 bed nets we have pledged to cover the most vulnerable of the camps.
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Net distribution impact reaches far & wide
Area of Involvement: Children’s Health
In the fall of 2008, our Nothing But Nets campaign helped to distribute 855,000 insecticide-treated bed nets as part of an integrated measles campaign in Côte d’Ivoire, reaching all corners of the country - the towns, the beaches, and the most rural outlying areas. The crowds of children and families waiting for their nets, smiling as they thank the health workers and volunteers, singing and dancing and crying, all tell a story of how a blue bed net is making a difference– it’s keeping them alive.
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Youth Get in the Game to Send Bed Nets
Area of Involvement: Children’s Health
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