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The New York Times

November 30, 2017

It all started with mosquito nets. Or, no, with guinea worm filters. Or, before that, with a million yards of wool in the mountains of Sweden. Or, taken back another generation, to uniforms for hotel and supermarket workers. There are plenty of charitable foundations and public agencies devoted to helping the world’s poor, many with instantly recognizable names like Unicef or the Gates Foundation.

Forbes

Julie Lucas, the head of fund-raising for Fordham Law School, is trying to raise $100 million at a time when few people are giving money and universities are still seen as having lots of it. How does she do it? First of all, she goes to where the money is now. The career fundraiser put together a list of tips for her staff about how to raise money in tough times, and No. 3 was “Follow the market.”

Our Sports Central

Chicago Fire Soccer today announced that the club will participate in a four-team fundraising challenge to benefit the Nothing But Nets campaign. The Fire, D.C. United, the Los Angeles Galaxy, and Seattle Sounders FC will each collect donations to see which club can raise the most funds for Nothing But Nets during a month-long Major League Soccer initiative that culminates on World Malaria Day on April 25. 

TechCrunch.com

Now, apparently, Ted Turner is ready to throw in the towel, and give the race over to Kutcher, if he comes through on his promise to donate 10,000 bed nets to fight malaria in Africa.

Politico

R&B star Usher has been bouncing around Washington, D.C. since yesterday, promoting national service and the Nothing But Nets campaign. POLITICO sat down with him at the U.N. Foundation for a lengthy interview today and asked him for his opinion on President Barack Obama.

CNN

Saana Nyassi considers himself lucky. He is fortunate not just because he has a natural talent for soccer and the dedication to rise through the ranks in his native Gambia and eventually go to the United States to play for the Seattle Sounders. Before leaving the tiny West African nation for America, Nyassi contracted malaria.

NBN Washington

Nothing But Nets, a campaign that provides malaria nets to African communities, rolls into DC this week to host a 10-day tour chockfull of various rallies, parties, sporting events and happy hours.

The Christian Post

It’s Nothing But Nets Week in the nation’s capital and Washingtonians have committed to send 10,000 insecticide-treated bed nets to displaced families in Africa. Since last weekend the Nothing But Nets campaign has hosted events in Washington to garner more support in the fight against malaria – the number one killer of refugees in Africa.

Washington Life

Not content with life just as an international musical artist and performer, Usher tells WL how he’s playing a new tune with his work with Nothing But Nets – the UN Foundation’s Malaria campaign – and his own foundation, Usher’s New Look.