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Do you know that you can save a family’s life with a mere $10?  (ummmm … do you care?)

To some people, ten dollars seems like a lot.  And to others, it is a third of what was spent on lunch today.  How are a few dollars going to actually help a family?  Well, it’s all about the bugs.
“Eeeew, what bugs?!”.
You know, those annoying little mosquitos that you swat away at the lakeside family picnic.  The pesky ones that dart around on the ceiling and buzz in your ear.  The aggressive persistent ones that you are sure have grown twice their size in 4 minutes and alerted their extended family to new blood.
“Yuck. I hate mosquitos”.

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Malaria afflicts a population the size of the U.S., Canada and Mexico combined.  It kills 3,000 children a day, almost 1,000,000 a year.  African malaria-carrying mosquitos get the serious munchies between 10pm and 4am.  A time when many refugees, many children, many families are unprotected in their sleep. NothingButNets is an organization that, in partnership with the W.H.O., UNHCR & others, funds and distributes the crucial protection that is needed – a simple bed net.  Malaria kills.  And malaria is preventable and treatable. Ten dollars, five minutes.  Easy for you.

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Too serious?  View this video instead:  NothingButNetsVH1

“Stupid mosquitos”.

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Thank you to a special friend who stocked me with contraband mosquito repellent when I was carousing in the jungles of Hawaii for a few months.  Geez, I don’t think some of that “deet“ was legal.  But thanks anyway.  Next time, maybe I’ll take a cue from those who are smarter than I and take a net.

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