NothingButNets

Instead of writing about March Madness and nothing but net, I'd like to draw attention toward a drive for providing bed nets for refugees to protect them from malaria. The cause is called Nothing But Nets. Ruth Riley of WNBA Cares speaks in the video below about the devastation caused by malaria that she saw on her trip.

Each net protects a family from malaria, lasts four years, and costs ten dollars. It can prevent transmission up to 90 per cent. Malaria is the number one killer of children in Africa.

Nets are distributed through the Measles Initiative, a "partnership of the American Red Cross, the U.S. Center for Disease Control, the UN Foundation, the World Healt Organization, and UNICEF. Since this integrated campaign began in 2001, nearly 400 million children across Africa have been vaccinated against measles and the number of measles cases reduced by 68%."

To purchase a net, please go here. To learn more about it, please watch the video below.