About the Campaign
Nothing But Nets is a global, grassroots campaign to raise awareness and funding to combat malaria, one of the largest killers of children in Africa. With a $10 contribution, Nothing But Nets provides individuals – from CEOs to youth, professional athletes to faith leaders – the opportunity to join the global fight against malaria by sending a net and saving a life.
While the UN Foundation has been working with the UN to fight malaria for years, it was Rick Reilly’s column about malaria in Sports Illustrated challenging each of his readers to donate at least $10 for the purchase of an anti-malaria bed nets, that led to the creation of the Nothing But Nets campaign in 2006.
Through our diverse group of partners and Champions, including the National Basketball Association's NBA Cares, the people of The United Methodist Church, Sports Illustrated, Vh1, Major League Soccer's MLS W.O.R.K.S., the Women's National Basketball Association, the Union for Reform Judaism, platinum recording artist Gavin DeGraw, Wasserman Foundation, Junior Chamber International, Orkin, Inc., pop sensation the Jonas Brothers, television star Tom Cavanagh, and United Airlines, among others, the Nothing But Nets campaign has engaged hundreds of thousands of individuals to help achieve the UN goal to end malaria deaths by 2015.
The success of Nothing But Nets is a testament to the power of passionate people coming together to make the world a better place. You can save a family. Your church, school, or team can save a village. Together, we can cover Africa with life-saving bed nets.
How it Works
Nothing But Nets is powered by your passion; it works because you do! Create a community for your church, school, team, or family and friends. Together, you can spread the word, raise funds, and share your stories.
Every $10 contribution to Nothing But Nets covers the cost of purchasing a long-lasting insecticide-treated bed net, distributing it, and educating communities on its use. Nothing But Nets leverages the existing health delivery platform of the Measles Initiative – a partnership of the American Red Cross, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the UN Foundation, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The Measles Initiative has successfully reduced measles cases by 89 percent in Africa since 2000, as well as the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and faith-based partners to distribute bed nets along with other much needed health interventions.
Read our annual reports:
Year 3 (2009) - Download PDF
Year 2 Report (2008)
Year 1 Report (2007)
Getting Involved
At NothingButNets.net you will find resources on malaria, toolkits that you can download to help raise awareness and organize fundraising events, and instructions on how to create or join a NET-Raiser team.
Sign up as a NET-Raiser team captain to recruit your friends, family and co-workers to help support you in raising money for bed nets to prevent malaria in Africa. As a team captain, you can invite people to join your team so they too can ask their friends to sponsor them within your team, or simply ask for sponsors.
Working together, we can cover Africa with life-saving bed nets.
