In a modern-day “loaves and fishes” story, a $20 gift to the Nothing But Nets campaign multiplied into $500,000 in gifts and pledges by members and churches of the Texas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church.
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Nothing But Nets, a grassroots campaign to prevent malaria by providing insecticide-treated bed nets, announced today that Major League Soccer’s MLS W.O.R.K.S. has joined the fight against malaria. The organizations will work together to encourage soccer fans in the United States to send more nets and save more lives in Africa.
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Malaria robbed Herbert Mlambo of his family. The devastating disease that kills one person every 30 seconds took one of his two sons, two grandsons, one granddaughter and his only sister. Another grandson is now battling for his life. Mlambo has lost count of the many friends and relatives who also have died of malaria. He estimates the number to be in the hundreds.
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In the spirit of Methodism founder John Wesley’s declaration that the “world is my parish,” at least 22 United Methodist annual conferences contributed more than $1.3 million in gifts and pledges to the Nothing But Nets campaign.
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Take five young Potomac entrepreneurs, a pair of plastic clogs and ribbons left over from a craft project, and what you have is a new start-up company determined to put the pretty back into plastic shoes.
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The United Methodist Church has joined a global grassroots campaign with the United Nations Foundation, NBA Cares, and Sports Illustrated to support Nothing But Nets, a project to save lives by preventing malaria.
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In recognition of Washington Mystics center Nakia Sanford\’s commitment to the community, the WNBA honored her with the Community Assist Award for July. Sanford actively works with youth development programs through Mystics community outreach initiatives and her own charity organization, The Bar Foundation.
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Alison Case is hoping to turn her hand- knit scarves into something with a slightly tighter weave. The DePauw University sophomore is spearheading a campaign to sell scarves knitted by community members for $10 and use the proceeds to buy insecticide-treated mosquito netting for families across Africa.
Read ArticleFor the first time since record keeping began in 1960, the number of deaths of young children around the world has fallen below 10 million a year, according to figures from the United Nations Children’s Fund being released today.
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The number of deaths worldwide among children under 5 dropped to a record low of 9.7 million in 2006, reflecting progress in areas such as malaria prevention, childhood immunizations and breastfeeding rates, global health officials said yesterday.
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