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Washington Life
October 04, 2011

Charity Spotlight: Mandy's Mission to Stop Malaria

Pop singer and actress Mandy Moore joins Rep. Mike Honda and a bipartisan congressional delegation to bring life-saving mosquito nets to Cameroon.

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The Hill
September 07, 2011

What I Did For Summer Break

While many Washingtonians headed to the beach, a bipartisan group of congressional staffers spent part of their August recess in Cameroon, helping the African nation distribute millions of mosquito nets in an organized effort to prevent malaria. They were joined by Hollywood star Mandy Moore, an ambassador for global health organization PSI.
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Bryan on Scouting
August 29, 2011

Nate Stafford is Saving Lives One Net at a Time (and did I mention he's just 13?)

Nate 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.

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AllAfrica
August 19, 2011

Cameroon: SMS, Singers and Nets Against Malaria

Dakar — "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.

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Foreign Policy
August 17, 2011

Mandy Moore Leads Bipartisan Staff Delegation to Cameroon

At 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.

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UN Dispatch
August 15, 2011

Mandy Moore in Cameroon for Bed Net Distribution

This 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.

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AllAfrica
August 11, 2011

Cameroon: Anti-malaria Crusade - UN Goodwill Ambassador At Star Building

The 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.

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Huffington Post, Mandy Moore
August 02, 2011

Cameroon: Send a Net, Save a Life

I 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.

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Spurs Nation
July 26, 2011

Schoening’s record benefits ‘Nothing but Nets’ malaria prevention

We 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.

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The Detroit Hub
July 15, 2011

Teen Getting a ‘New Look’ or Changing Detroit for the Better

The 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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