World Malaria Day 2009

Nothing But Nets

The UN Foundation has been working with the UN to fight malaria for years. But it was a column that Rick Reilly wrote about malaria in Sports Illustrated--and thousands of letters and donations from people like you--that led to the creation the Nothing But Nets campaign.

The reaction to Reilly's 815 words made clear that thousands of people were ready to help the million children dying unnecessarily each year of malaria. And so Nothing But Nets was born.

Already, groups as diverse as the NBA and the United Methodist Church have joined the campaign. Now, we're asking you to help spread the word about Nothing But Nets, and how easy it is to protect children from malaria with bednets.

You can save a family. Your church, school, or team can save a village. Together, we can cover Africa with lifesaving bednets.

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Host a Nothing But Nets Fundraiser from now until World Malaria Day, April 25, to help us and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) send 275,000 life-saving nets to protect African refugees from malaria. Get creative, grab your friends and family and register your event to raise money for bed nets and help us save lives!

Thanks to our supporters, we have raised enough money to send 346,000 bed nets to refugees in temporary camps in 11 countries. Read the full announcement here.

To learn more about refugees, click here.

To see where we've distributed bed nets across Africa, visit our interactive net distribution map.

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