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November 21, 2017

WWE Divas Natalya and Alicia Fox are currently in Rwanda with the Nothing But Nets people. They met with officials from UNICEF and the World Health Organization earlier today to discuss malaria and helping the refugees there in Rwanda.

Jambands.com

Dawes are currently in Rwanda with the United Nations Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign, helping to raise awareness and funds to fight malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. Guitarist and vocalist Taylor Goldsmith, drummer Griffin Goldsmith, bassist Wylie Gelber, and keyboardist Tay Strathairn will help distribute life-saving bed nets to help protect refugee families from malaria and perform with local musicians.

Chris Helfrich

My unforgettable visit last week to Gihembe Refugee Camp in Rwanda with the United Nations Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign reinforced two things.

One: Our collective work to fight malaria is paying off.

Two: We still have a lot of work to do to end malaria deaths for good.

Contactmusic.com

Folk rockers Dawes have headed to poverty-stricken Rwanda to meet refugees and raise awareness about the fight against malaria.

Filter Magazine

Did Dawes decide to become superheroes for their New Year’s resolution? We’re thinking yes, because as soon as 2013 rolled around, the band announced the tracklist and album teaser for Stories Don’t End, the audio for “From A Window Seat,” and a spring tour with Bob Dylan. Now, they are currently in Rwanda, helping to prevent the spread of malaria via the United Nations Foundation‘s global project Nothing But Nets. 

Gossip David

WWE Divas Alicia Fox and Natalya visited refugee camps in Rwanda last week as part of the duo’s alliance with the United Nations Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign. The initiative’s goal is to raise awareness and funds to fight malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.

Rolling Stone

When the United Nations Foundation approached Dawes to go to Rwanda to help raise awareness for malaria prevention, frontman Taylor Goldsmith was surprised. “I was like, ‘I really appreciate that and we would be honored, but we’re not U2, really. We’re Dawes. Our reach is pretty limited,'” he tells Rolling Stone.

ESPN

WWE Diva Natalya admits she didn’t know much about the impact of malaria on refugees in Africa and elsewhere before she and fellow Diva Alicia Fox visited Rwanda. Now she won’t stop talking about it.

Wrestling Inc.

WWE posted the video above of Alicia Fox and Natalya visiting Rwanda for the “Nothing but Nets” campaign.

Times Online

While L.A. has been an inspiration, Gelber, and bandmates Taylor Goldsmith (lead vocals, guitar), Griffin Goldsmith (drums, vocals), and Tay Strathairn (keyboard) chose fresh scenery — a studio in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina — to record their third album, which has a more soulful sound. They expanded their worldview with a recent humanitarian trip to Rwanda, where the band helped the U.N. charity Nothing But Nets distribute life-saving bed nets to protect refuge families from malaria.