Houston, We Have a Problem...

2000 precious children will die today

because of a mosquito.

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That's not okay.

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What did I do?

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I went here: http://donate.worldvision.org/OA_HTML/xxwv2ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=1845335 and donated $60 to buy insecticide treated bed nets and associated healthcare for children in Africa.

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Hold on…if you think that’s cool…wait until you read this!

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My $60 was matched by a grant to World Vision and turned into $480 in nets!!! (That’s right folks…my donation was multiplied EIGHT times!!!!)

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I SAVED THE LIVES OF 30 CHILDREN WITHOUT

EVER LEAVING MY CHAIR!!!!!

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Here’s the facts:
Malaria kills more than 1 million people each year.
90% of these deaths occur in Africa.
Malaria kills more people in Africa than HIV/AIDS.
A child dies every 30 seconds from malaria.
Malaria is preventable.
Malaria is treatable.

A survey from Tanzania has shown that if 75% of an entire village sleeps under a treated net, the malaria incidence among

children is reduced by 98% (98%!!!!!!!).

Malaria was once considered endemic in the US, and after a CDC initiative from 1947-1951, it was ERADICATED IN JUST 4 YEARS! Without resources, these countries still struggle.

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Today is World Malaria Day, and today

2000 children will die with malaria.

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What will you do?

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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing
because he could do only a little.
--Edmond Burke--