Project Summary:
Spread The Net!
Spread the Net was born when Belinda Stronach and Rick Mercer traveled to Africa in 2006 with Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the UN Millennium Project and The Earth Institute at Columbia University. It was there that they saw first hand the devastating effects of Malaria, and the shockingly simple bednet solution so out-of-reach for many thousands of African families.
From that moment on, Belinda Stronach and Rick Mercer stepped up to the plate and, as national Spread the Net co-chairs, spearheaded this amazing cause in partnership with UNICEF Canada. Initiated to raise awareness and help wipe out death by Malaria, the goal is to raise $5 million in three years for UNICEF to purchase and distribute 500,000 insecticide-treated bednets at no cost to families in Rwanda and Liberia and educate recipients on their usage. Every $10 collected will purchase a bednet for a child in Africa — a simple, effective, inexpensive way to make a BIG difference — saving lives, one net at a time.
We can help in our campuses and communities by spreading news of this new Canadian movement against Malaria.
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