I had been trying for awhile to think of a way to get my five year old, Spencer, involved in some kind of philanthropy. One day he saw me looking at the Nothing But Nets website on my computer and asked me about it.
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This spring, GreenDimes – a Palo Alto, California-based company dedicated to helping consumers do little things that will add up to make a big difference – joined forces with the Untied Nation Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign to combat malaria.
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The Houston Dynamo took on the Real Salt Lake AND malaria on Saturday night, kicking off the Nothing But Nets’ city tour in Houston.
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Both the New York Times and the Washington Post reported good news today on worldwide child mortality rates. As shown in the Times chart after the jump, the number of deaths of young children around the world has been cut in half since 1960, when these statistics were first recorded.
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Students at Northwestern, DePaul, Loyola and University of Chicago rallied to raise more than $1,100 at The Chicago Buzz’s Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament this past Saturday.
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During the past few years, the world has watched Côte d’Ivoire in a state of crisis due to the continued fighting between the north and the south. Yet another major crisis exists just under the political surface – “paludisme.” (For those of you who are like me and don’t speak French, we are talking about the Ivory Coast and malaria.)
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I love my church! My church is Jewish, Muslim, Catholic, Evangelical Lutheran and United Methodist. This week, I had the privilege to see the Houston interfaith community step up to collectively accomplish a task that none of us can do alone – cover the continent of Africa with mosquito nets.
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In the new October 1, 2007 issue of Newsweek, Bill Gates reflects on the improvements in global health that he has witnessed around the world over the past decade.
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How does Nothing But Nets actually save lives? In the case of Chad, it began with you four weeks ago.
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During his remarks to world leaders at the opening of the General Assembly of the United Nations today, President Bush urged country governments to continue to support the fight against malaria
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