World Vision is committed to taking the fight to End Malaria to “The Hill” to increase malaria funding at the federal level. We’re also committed to taking the good fight across the country, to schools and corporations, bistros and basketball courts … wherever people care about ending the scourge of malaria.
Over the past few months, some of us hit the road to champion the cause. After Craig’s bed net distribution trip to Zambia, we spread out across the U.S. as invited hosts of the Basketball Travellers International (BTI) tournaments, in five cities.
End Malaria hits the road and the courts!
The connection was clear. Basketball nets to bed nets. We took our message to Rhode Island, Texas, New Mexico, Oregon and Wyoming.
Some 2,000 children die every day from malaria. And it’s preventable! $6 buys a bed net that protects two children. And World Vision has the “boots on the ground” to get the nets into the homes of the most vulnerable.
We enjoyed meeting so many of you at the tournaments. (I was thankful over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend for the homemade pies brought to the Baylor games in Waco, TX! ) Pictured here is the Oregon Duck ladies team truly embracing our cause.
In 2010, we hope to get out to your city, encouraging you with updates of the campaign, and calling you to take action to help us End Malaria once and for all.
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