What if going to sleep meant contracting a deadly disease? On Saturday night, the United Nations Foundation, in conjunction with Penn’s International Affairs Association, hosted “Sleep Out to End Malaria,” an event on campus intended to raise awareness about malaria.
Read Article As United Against Malaria (UAM) prepared for World Malaria Day on April 25, they held two events in Washington D.C. yesterday, and enlisted the help of several MLS players in hopes of raising awareness of the treatable disease.
Read Article Don't you miss sleep outs? If you do, join thousands of Americans at Sleep Out to End Malaria on Saturday night, April 24, to help spread the word about malaria prevention and support Nothing But Nets. You'll be sleeping under nets, much like the 3 million-plus we've given out so far thanks to donors like you. Hey, no bug bites!
Read Article In anticipation of World Malaria Day on April 25, malaria awareness group United Against Malaria (UAM) is leading a movement of sorts in Washington D.C., to call upon Congressional leaders to continue the fight against the preventable disease. Toronto FC star Dwayne De Rosario is part of that charge, and spoke exclusively to Goal.com regarding the disease and upcoming events.
Read Article Local high school sophomore Kevin Vernimb has spent the last three years fundraising to send life-saving bed nets to families in Africa. Vernimb advocates for the United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets—a global, grassroots campaign to prevent malaria in Africa, the leading killer of children on the continent.
Read Article Troy Alexander is talking nets, and not the basketball kind he knows so well. For the Santa Clara guard, this weekend's West Coast Conference
tournament in Las Vegas is about much more than just how his team
performs. Alexander is trying to raise awareness of the malaria epidemic in Africa and find supporters to donate toward the purchase of mosquito-repellant nets to protect children while they sleep so they can avoid contracting the sometimes-fatal infectious disease.
Monday, the NBA and the United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets tipped off a promotion -- Send a Net. Save a Life. See a Game. presented by HP -- to send anti-malaria bed nets to refugees in 11 African countries. The effort is part of the NBA Cares Season of Giving and runs through January 31, 2010.
Read Article Elizabeth Gore, executive director of global partnerships at the United Nations Foundation, reeled off the facts and figures on malaria: 1 million people die every year from the disease; malaria costs Africa $12 billion per year in lost economic productivity; and a child dies every 30 seconds from a malaria infection.
Read Article I’ve received hundreds of emails and tweets from people who were inspired by my blogpost, 16 Amazing Women on Twitter and the Awesome Charities they Support. But many also wanted to see a post about 16 men doing extraordinary work, and who value service and volunteerism. And, they wanted to hear about more nonprofits making a difference, and positively impacting our planet.
Read Article Over the weekend, we joined the UN Foundation at Buffalo Billards for the two hour season premiere of ABC’s Ugly Betty, which featured the Nothing but Nets campaign to prevent malaria.
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