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Diego Gutierrez & Nothing But Nets prevent malaria

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Summary

Nothing But Nets is a grassroots campaign to save lives by preventing malaria, a leading killer of children in Africa. It costs just $10 to provide a life-saving bed net to prevent this deadly disease

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Malaria is the number one cause of illness and death of refugees in Africa. As such, the UN Foundation and its Nothing But Nets campaign have partnered with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to protect over one million refugees from malaria in Africa. This project will seek to protect 70,000 refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from malaria. Malaria is still the leading cause of illness and death in the DRC.

Activities

In partnership with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), we will distribute 35,000 life-saving bed nets to 12,000 households with an average of one bed net for every two people.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $3,775
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $46,225
Total Funding Goal: $50,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Nothing But Nets is working with global partners to achieve the international goal to end malaria deaths by 2015. The effort to protect refugees from malaria is vital to achieving this global target and DRC is of significant importance.

Project Message

As a parent, I feel that it is an injustice that 3000 children die every day due to a mosquito bite. It takes just $10 to send a net and save life. I am convinced everyone can make an impact.
- Diego Guttierrez, MLS Ambassador for Nothing But Nets

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Adrianna Logalbo

1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
United States
202-887-9040
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Organization

United Nations Foundation
1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW Suite 400
Washington, DC 20009
United States
(202) 887-9040
http://www.unfoundation.org

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Congo, Democratic Republic of theCongo, Democratic Republic of the and can also be found under HealthHealth.

For more information about Congo, Democratic Republic of the, read the Human Development Report on Congo, Democratic Republic of the or the Wikipedia entry for Congo, Democratic Republic of the.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on December 17, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on December 11, 2009

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