Malaria | Be a Seed for Change

I’d like to offer you 10 Reasons to Gift a Net through the United Nations Foundation‘s Nothing But Nets campaign to make your holiday shopping easy and affordable:

Because nets work. Malaria deaths are down 45% since 2000!
Because a bed net lasts longer (up to three years) than fruit-of-the-month, but your friend will actually appreciate the gesture.
Because our UN partners are extremely efficient at distributing the bed nets to those who need them most, like refugees.

Convinced already? GREAT! Gift a Net today!

Because a $10 bed net is more meaningful than a $10 gift card.
Because you want to make a difference in the world and so does Aunt Berta.
Because the card we’ll send to your friends and family is beautiful and has a little piece of a sample bed net.
Because the card explains to your mom how an insecticide-treated bed net saves lives (so you don’t have to).

It really is a great gift! Please Gift a Net right now!

Because it’s the most thoughtful gift your family and friends will receive this year.
Because helping those in need is what the holidays are all about.
Because it can save a life (Is there a better reason?)

How could you pass that up?
You can’t. Partner with Nothing But Nets and Gift a Net for everyone on your holiday list.
Here’s all you have to do:

Choose the gift amount that is right for you. Each gift starts at just $10.
Select the print or e-card that you want to send to your special gift recipient telling him or her about your thoughtful choice.
Sit back and enjoy the holiday season.

It’s just that easy.
Start a new holiday tradition this year. Give gifts that give back and save lives. Gift a Net.
Sincerely,
Chris Helfrich Director Nothing But Nets

5.7 million lives saved already – tell Pres. Obama to keep investing in the Global Fund

For the first time, a world where no one dies from malaria and no more children are born with HIV is within reach. The Global Fund, the world’s largest global health financier, is a big reason to have hope.

In less than a decade, the Global Fund has delivered life-saving treatment for AIDS to 2.8 million people, given tuberculosis treatments to 7 million people, and distributed more than 122 million insecticide-treated nets to prevent malaria. In total, more than 5.7 million lives have been saved.

None of this would have been possible without funding from the U.S. and international partners. And it won’t continue without our support.

There are just a few weeks before Global Fund donors meet and the U.S. must commit to continuing to fund the life-saving program. Please tell President Obama to commit $6 billion over the next three years to the Global Fund before the meeting is underway >

Even in tough economic times, this is a very smart investment for America. The Global Fund brings in other donors who match $2 for every $1 invested by the U.S. – meaning the U.S. investment is tripled on the ground. The Global Fund has rigorous standards. Programs that work get funds and programs that don’t are eliminated.

Recipient countries are intimately involved and are often required to co-finance the programs. It’s a proven model for development that works.

This is one case where there is a direct relationship between U.S. investments and lives saved. Every dollar goes to fighting HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and child mortality, and those dollars are working – to the tune of 3,600 lives saved each and every day.

The United States has the opportunity to maintain and accelerate amazing life-saving progress by fully funding its commitment this year to the Global Fund.

There are only a few weeks left before the big Global Fund meeting. Please urge President Obama and Congress to maintain spending on these programs in the FY2011 federal budget to build upon the life-saving success of the Global Fund >

With grassroots support for this smart investment in the Global Fund, we can create a world where no one dies from malaria and no child is born with HIV.

Thanks for taking action,

The Change.org Team