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Mo. Group Donates Nets to Fight Malaria
Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly has urged readers to make donations to buy anti-malaria bed nets to the "Nothing But Nets" campaign through the United Nations Foundation.
He asked them to donate $20 for mosquito nets to be distributed in Africa if they had "ever gotten a thrill by throwing, kicking, knocking, dunking, slamming, putting up, cutting down or jumping over a net ..."
  In this photo provided by Andy Sherman, the wife of a local health leader sits with her children under new mosquito netting Friday, July 22, 2005 in rural African village of Thioke Thian in southeastern Senegal. Sherman, along with fellow Saint Louis University medical student Jesse Matthews, have started a non-profit organization called NetLife to buy and distribute mosquito nets in Africa like the one seen here. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Andy Sherman) (Andy Sherman - AP) |
Sherman and Matthews said all the focus on donating the treated mosquito nets can only help the cause.
Netting Nations, a California-based organization that also distributes insecticide-treated mosquito nets, recently donated $1,000 to NetLife's efforts. The group liked that Sherman and Matthews were medical students who had no overhead costs and distribute the nets themselves, said director Ben Kingston.
"It definitely comes from an altruistic place," he said. "They wanted to make a profound difference in other people's lives and that was something we identified with."
Sherman and Matthews said by raising the funds, buying the nets, and distributing them personally, they know they're getting directly into the hands of those in need.
"There's a completeness about the way we do it, and I'm really proud of it," Sherman said.
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