The week of February 7-14, 2010 is Minus Malaria Week. Swarthmore College’s GHF is spearheading this week of college students coming together to support the eradication of the burden of malaria.
750 letters sent through the Give a Net, Get a Vote Campaign
Students participating in Minus Malaria Week will do this in three ways: education, fundraising, and advocacy. Student organizations in support of the Minus Malaria Initiative (MMI) will host both an educational campaign and a fundraising campaign on their college campus. Through their campaigns, organizations will work to raise awareness about 
malaria in their communities and to advocate for malaria relief by participating in the Give a Net, Get a Vote campaign: for every $5 donated (the equivalent of one net), supporters of MMI will have the opportunity to sign a letter to Congress, expressing support for legislation that furthers the goals of MMI. All funds raised will be used to purchase bednets to be distributed in Malen chiefdom in Sierra Leone, a community where MMI has previously focused its efforts.
Interested in joining? We’ll provided extensive support to all individuals and groups interested in participating, including toolkits, help with planning, materials, event ideas, etc. Participation take the form of a small scale event that serves the two-fold purpose of fundraising and educating or it can be a week long series of events.
Contact Cariad Chester at and John McMinn at to join! Visit “For Students” section (link above right) for more information and click “Partner With Us”.
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Tags: advocacy, bednets, campaign, fundraising, global health, malaria, Minus Malaria, MMI
