Thousands of supporters across the country answer an urgent call to help the Nothing But Nets campaign, PSI, and UNICEF get an anti-malaria mosquito net to every family in the Central African Republic<\/p>\n
Washington, DC (January 24, 2011) \u2013 Today, the United Nations Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign, PSI (Population Services International), and UNICEF announced the successful delivery of nearly 1 million anti-malaria mosquito nets in the Central African Republic (CAR)\u2014providing one net to each family in the country. The families received their nets less than six months after the UN identified an urgent need to protect them against malaria and thousands of Americans rallied to answer the call for help.<\/p>\n
To ensure mosquito nets reached homes as quickly as possible, the UN Foundation’s Nothing But Nets\u2014a global, grassroots campaign to prevent malaria in Africa, partnered with PSI to call on its supporters across the country to help fill the need by the end of 2010. Singer, actress, and PSI ambassador Mandy Moore helped the campaign raise awareness and encouraged people to donate. “I had the opportunity to meet families, visit clinics, and deliver nets in the Central African Republic, and saw the need first-hand,” said Moore of her trip last October. “The fact that thousands of people around the country came together so quickly to help protect families on the other side of the world is overwhelming, and so inspiring.”<\/p>\n
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