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Chris Helfrich

June 8, 2017

Kids have been dying here every week from this preventable disease.  However, the numbers can’t give you the full picture of what malaria is doing to the people of Nyarugusu. The stories behind the statistics, of the people suffering from malaria, help illustrate the need for us to do everything in our power to rid Nyarugusu of malaria.

Caleb Tiller

When I think of the United Nations, the first images in my mind are often the iconic UN headquarters building in New York, or news photos of heads of state speaking in the General Assembly Hall, or delegates listening intently to translations of speakers from other nations.

Chris Helfrich

Tonight, more than 68,000 people in Western Tanzania are sleeping safely under bed nets for the first time in many years, protected from malaria. The story of how we distributed 38,000 nets to the people of Nyarugusu refugee camp, a place that had over 62,000 documented cases of malaria last year, begins with you.

Edem Torkornoo

It’s World Mosquito Day! On this day in 1897, British scientist Sir Ronald Ross made the breakthrough discovery that malaria is transmitted between humans by the female anopheles mosquito.

Rachel Henderson

Embarking on their last year at Springhill Elementary in Lafayette, CA, seven classmates from Troop 33005 met to discuss their Girl Scout Bronze Award. With the community in mind, the girls individually presented their ideas for this project to the troop.

Elizabeth Ivanovich

Bed nets save lives and can help eliminate malaria. I had the opportunity to see this first hand at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria board meeting in Sri Lanka in June.

Edem Torkornoo

Meet 14 year -old high school freshman Mei Mei Tercek. So far, Mei Mei has raised enough to send more than 40 life-saving bed nets to families across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Edem Torkornoo

Today is the first ever International Day of Charity. Last December, the UN General Assembly designated this day to raise awareness of the impact millions of people like you have had through humanitarian work around the world.  

Chrystal Ramsay-Dyess

After sixty days of travel, hard work and anticipation, our day on Capitol Hill was finally here. It was the culmination of weeks spent journeying across the country as part of the JCI-Nothing But Nets BzzzTour.

Chris Helfrich

Our campaign is on the front lines in the fight against malaria, and the efforts that you are making in the U.S. are saving lives in Africa. Our impact is big, but our formula is simple