World Malaria Day: Send a Net and Save a Life
The first annual World Malaria Day is here.
As a survivor of the particularly nasty Falciparum strain of Malaria I am fully behind this very effective initiative from the UN Foundation:
The UN Foundation has generated great participation from supporters across the country for their Deliver the Net Game:
- More than 10,000 people have played their game, Deliver the Net, and a bed net has been delivered on their behalf by a generous sponsor.
- 265+ NETS Challenge Hosts are raising money and awareness for malaria through a fun event of their choice.
And now thanks to a generous donation by Vestergaard, a manufacturer of insecticide-treated bed nets, they are going into overtime and want you and your friends to continue playing long after World Malaria Day is over!
You’ve seen how easy and quick it is to play the game, send a net and save a life -now tell all your friends, family and NETwork how they can join the NBN team and watch the points and nets add up to help eliminate malaria from Africa.
And because the games never stop for NETraisers, sign up to host your own NETS Challenge like Nate Johnson of Michigan who is hosting an NBN Billiards Tournament tomorrow to have fun and raise funds to prevent malaria. Then, send an email to NETSchallenge@nothingbutnets
The UN Foundation Team http://www.unfoundation.org/