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Elizabeth Ivanovich
August 27, 2013

The Prevention Paradox

Bed nets save lives and can help eliminate malaria. I had the opportunity to see this first hand at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria board meeting in Sri Lanka in June.

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Rachel Henderson
August 23, 2013

Making a Trap Locally, Saving Lives Globally

Embarking on their last year at Springhill Elementary in Lafayette, CA, seven classmates from Troop 33005 met to discuss their Girl Scout Bronze Award. With the community in mind, the girls individually presented their ideas for this project to the troop.

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Edem Torkornoo
August 20, 2013

Celebrating World Mosquito Day

It’s World Mosquito Day! On this day in 1897, British scientist Sir Ronald Ross made the breakthrough discovery that malaria is transmitted between humans by the female anopheles mosquito.

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Chris Helfrich
August 17, 2013

Your $10 at Work…and Why it’s Important

Tonight, more than 68,000 people in Western Tanzania are sleeping safely under bed nets for the first time in many years, protected from malaria. The story of how we distributed 38,000 nets to the people of Nyarugusu refugee camp, a place that had over 62,000 documented cases of malaria last year, begins with you.

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Caleb Tiller
August 13, 2013

In Tanzania, the UN at Work

When I think of the United Nations, the first images in my mind are often the iconic UN headquarters building in New York, or news photos of heads of state speaking in the General Assembly Hall, or delegates listening intently to translations of speakers from other nations.

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Chris Helfrich
August 05, 2013

The stories behind the numbers

Kids have been dying here every week from this preventable disease.  However, the numbers can’t give you the full picture of what malaria is doing to the people of Nyarugusu. The stories behind the statistics, of the people suffering from malaria, help illustrate the need for us to do everything in our power to rid Nyarugusu of malaria.

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Klaenyza Pritchard
August 03, 2013

Video Diary: We Did It!

We did it! With help from sports columnist Rick Reilly, NBA star Stephen Curry, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and amazing supporters like you, we were able to distribute more than 38,000 bed nets to the residents of the Nyarugusu Refugee Camp. Listen as Rick Reilly sums up his experiences in this inspiring video diary.

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Klaenyza Pritchard
August 02, 2013

Video Diary: Delivering Life-saving Bed Nets

Check out what Director of the Nothing But Nets campaign Chris Helfrich had to say about how you have helped make it possible for us to deliver life-saving bed nets to EVERY familiy living in the camp.

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Klaenyza Pritchard
August 01, 2013

Video Diary: Stephen Curry in Tanzania

Stephen Curry talks about Day 1 at the Nyarugusu Refugee Camp in Tanzania where he just distributed life-saving bed nets with sports columnist Rick Reilly and Nothing But Nets. Listen to what he had to say about this eye opening experience.

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Chris Helfrich
July 31, 2013

Tanzania: Important Reminders

Each time bed nets are distributed to communities in Africa to protect children and families from malaria, new stories are made. Each of those stories is a reminder of tens of thousands of supporters have been part of Nothing But Nets for seven years.

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