Pop singer and actress Mandy Moore joins Rep. Mike Honda and a bipartisan congressional delegation to bring life-saving mosquito nets to Cameroon.
Read ArticleNate Stafford isn’t your typical 13-year-old. While other kids his age worry about saving up for the next must-have video game, Nate has a loftier goal: saving lives, one bed net at a time. This month, the teenage Boy Scout reached his goal of raising $10,000 to purchase 1,000 life-saving nets. The insecticide-treated nets are crucial in the fight against malaria in Africa.
Read ArticleDakar — "It's 9pm. Are you and your family sleeping under a mosquito net?" That message - delivered by government officials, artists and other personalities in Cameroon - will run on private and state-run media each evening from 20 August as part of a nationwide media blitz accompanying the distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets.
Read ArticleAt least there's one person who is bringing Democrats and Republicans together this summer. Actress, singer, and humanitarian Mandy Moore recently led a bipartisan delegation of congressional staffers on a trip to Cameroon to promote foreign aid and disease prevention there.
Read ArticleThis week, actress, singer and humanitarian Mandy Moore arrived in Cameroon to raise awareness for the nation’s first-ever countrywide distribution of anti-malaria mosquito nets. Malaria is the number one cause of death in Cameroon among children under five.
Read ArticleThe United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Against Malaria, Mandy Moore is leading a delegation of some international civil society organizations to Cameroon to evaluate the malaria situation in the country in order to lobby for more assistance to support ongoing government efforts.
Read ArticleI recently learned that malaria is the number one cause of death in Cameroon among children under five. Moreover, malaria is now responsible for over 40% of deaths in health care facilities across the country. This means that thousands of children — as well as adults — in this West African country die each year from an easily preventable disease.
Read ArticleWe all know Bill Schoening for his strong work as the “Voice of the Spurs” on WOAI and the Spurs Radio Network. Schoening is spending some of his free time this summer as he promotes his new career as a budding vocalist. He’s released a compact disc “Second Chance” that will benefit “Nothing but Nets,” an initiative developed to help prevent malaria in Africa.
Read ArticleThe recent high-school graduate (Detroit Country Day – yowza! on a nice scholarship) has raised money for the Nothing But Nets campaign to send bed nets to Africa to prevent the spread of Malaria. When the earthquake shattered Haiti, the Detroit-born Atif raised funds through his school and neighborhood.
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