Nothing But Nets is one of the charities that I personally support every year. For as little as $10, I can provide an insecticide impregnated bed net for a family in Africa. While Ebola has the nation’s attention right now, Malaria is still a serious concern.
[w8_highlight color=”yellow”]Every 60 seconds, a child in Africa dies from malaria. But insecticide-treated bed nets can keep kids safe >>[/w8_highlight]
Three Things You Can Do to Help Nothing But Nets:
- Send a Net – For as little as $10, you can help make the difference between life and death. A net can be purchased, delivered, and education provided on its use for a family. Consider purchasing nets instead of White Elephant Gifts or Holiday Gifts this year Send a net >>
- Join Team Bzzzkill – Rally your friends, family, neighbors, church or scouting group, or little league team to raise funds to send nets. Start a fundraiser >>
- Advocate for Nets- Let your member of congress know that fighting malaria is a priority and raise awareness. You can make your voice heard on Capitol Hill and make use of social media. Look up your member of Congress – you can find their website on Senate.gov andHouse.gov – and find your elected officials’ Facebook page link or Twitter handle. Then send a tweet or post on their Facebook page encouraging them to take action in the fight against malaria!
- Call or write your members of Congress – Not into social media? Advocate the old-fashioned way. Click here to enter your zip code and get links to find your elected officials’ phone number and address. Unsure of what to say? Here are some tips on how to write your member of Congress, as well as some key advocacy talking points to help you along during a phone call.
The UN Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization (EIN/tax ID number: 58-2368165). Your donations are fully tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law. Nothing But Nets is a UN Foundation Campaign.
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Why I Support Nothing But Nets
Nothing But Net rates 98.99 on the Charity Navigator out of 100. That means they’re financially fiscal and are accountable and transparent about where their money goes. Their administrative expenses are at 8.7% which is very low when it comes to charitable causes.
Charity Navigator is a great place to research any charity you’re considering donating to. Know who you’re giving your hard earned cash to before you donate it.
How does your charity check out?
I’ll help any way that I can. I shared a tweet. This sounds like a great charity.
Thank you so much for sharing! It’s such an easy thing do to – $10 to save a life. All of my kids will get stocking stuffers with a note that they’ve had one donated in their honor.
Crazy to think a net can help save these kids–simple yet effective! What a great cause! I have never heard of this charity so thank you for blogging about it and sharing!
It’s the small things that sometimes truly matter. Hope you get support for your cause.
Thank you!
This is so sad, sounds like such a great program. My heart goes out for children.
It’s such a small thing to do but it can make a difference day in and day out for them. Fabulous!
What an amazing charity. I am so glad there are people out there to think of those less fortunate in this way. This is certainly a good cause to support.
Nothing but Net sounds like a great charity to support. I will have to look into it a bit more.
Malaria – such a deadly disease in such areas but yet so preventable and treatable. My husband does mission work in Brazil (poorer less industrial areas) and they have similar issues and bad water. Simple awareness and education help a lot.
Wow, the stats are alarming. How do they defend themselves during the daytime? I imagine the insects might be more active at night, increasing the risk. It is great just $10 can help a family like that.
This is a wonderful charity and a great cause. I was listening to a podcast on NPR the other day. I think they said that half of all deaths ever caused to human beings in all history was from malaria. I don’t know if that’s quite right, but I know it was hugely high and continues to be a big problem. They’re actually breeding special mosquitoes with faulty DNA (so they don’t reproduce) to breed with other mosquitoes. It’s that big of a problem.
I had no idea the stats on Malaria were so high. Jeez. This is a wonderful campaign & I hope they gets all the nets they need to keep all the kids in Africa safe.