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Written: 10/23/2009
By Linda Bloom Oct. 16, 2009 | STAMFORD, Conn. (UMNS) United Methodist Bishop Thomas Bickerton keeps a $10 bill in his pocket so he can demonstrate how little money it takes to protect an African household from malaria. But the roving ambassador for the denomination's involveme...
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Written: 9/18/2009
By Jane Horstman Communications Office, CA-NV Annual Conference Four California-Nevada Annual Conference youth were recognized and honored on behalf of their youth groups, at a Nothing But Nets campaign dinner hosted by Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church in Oakland, Tuesday evening. ...
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Written: 9/9/2009
Nothing But Nets is now in the third year of its "city tour" effort - and this year, the Bay Area is one of the stops! The Nothing But Nets tour lands in the Bay Area, marking its 17th city tour, September 13-19. The week's events include a dinner at Taylor Memorial United Methodist Churc...
More Than $7 Million Raised by Nothing But Nets in 2008
Written: 9/2/2009
United Methodists Provide 'People Power'
Washington, DC: In 2008, the Nothing But Nets campaign eclipsed its ambitious fundraising goals and raised more than $7 million from some 40,000 individual donors. The 2008 annual report issued by the United Nations Foundation, creator of the grassroots...
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Written: 4/22/2009
By United Methodist News Service* United Methodists can make a difference in battling global malaria by sacrificing lunch on April 25. Pittsburgh Bishop Thomas Bickerton, chairman of The United Methodist Church's Nothing But Nets initiative, is asking United Methodists and others to skip lunch on ...
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Written: 4/16/2009
April 9, 2009 | NEW YORK (UMNS) United Methodists know that poverty and disease go hand-in-hand. That's why an effort to provide inexpensive bed nets as protection against malaria quickly captured the imagination of church members across the connection. United Methodist Bishop Tho...
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Written: 4/16/2009
By M. Isaac Broune* April 14, 2009 | ABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire (UMNS) United Methodists are looking at ways to improve health systems in Africa. Representatives of the denomination and its Global Health Initiative recently consulted with several African bishops about how to strengthen their health ...
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Written: 2/19/2009
A UMNS Report By Michelle Scott* Feb. 16, 2009 A gift of approximately $130,000 from the United Methodist Germany Central Conference will provide mosquito nets in a national net campaign to take place in Sierra Leone next November. The gift to Nothing But Nets builds on the conference's long-sta...
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Written: 11/13/2008
Bed net distribution helps prevent malaria Alepe, Côte d’Ivoire – The people of The United Methodist Church and their partners worldwide helped Cote d’Ivoire’s National Program in the Fight against Malaria launch an integrated health campaign, November 11, that will va...
Nothing But Nets to Aid Refugees in Africa
Written: 10/15/2008
New initiative to protect more than 600,000 refugees in East Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
NEW YORK, NY – (UMCOM)The Nothing But Nets anti-malaria campaign has announced a new initiative to help eliminate malaria deaths in the next generation. Responding to an urgent and immediate need, N...
Nothing But Nets aiding children one bed at a time
Written: 8/31/2007
Throughout the spring and summer the Wesley Sunday School at Bakersfield Wesley UMC has participated in the United Methodist Nothing But Nets campaign that provides bed nets to protect children in Africa from malaria spread by mosquitoes.
Through their efforts, with contributions from Wesle...
Malaria Advocacy Awareness Boot Camp planned in Fremont
Written: 5/24/2007
St Paul UMC in Fremont is gearing up for a Malaria Advocacy Boot Camp as part of its ongoing Nothing But Nets Campaign. So far St Paul has collected enough money for about 306 nets, says the Rev. Blake Busick, not including online donations.
A Malaria Boot Camp is set for Friday, June 8th a...
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Written: 5/17/2007
Every chance Ryan Fong has to talk about what mosquitoes can do to children, he’s doing it. Sometimes the 14-year-old with the blazing smile says he’s telling kids at his school how children are dying by the thousands daily in Africa, because of the disease mosquitoes carry. Friday, May 11 ...
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Written: 4/3/2007
The kids in Alysandre’s confirmation class figured a special Sting Operation would be a good way to get their attention – the adults. So she and friends decided that instead of a speech during the morning worship service, it would be better to act out what happens to millions of children each day on...
Malaria Awareness Day is April 25
Written: 4/3/2007
United Methodists are being encouraged to skip lunch on April 25 and donate the $10 instead to the Nothing But Nets campaign. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation challenge grant will match our contributions dollar for dollar, net for net.
We are also encouraging United Methodist churches to have ...