Net-A-Village Campaign

Brief Description: 
This initiative attempts to raise funds for anti-malarial bed nets for afflicted communities.  We purchase and distribute the bed nets, train people how to use them and provide drugs to combat malaria.
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Fundraising Goals

July 1,2009 to June 30, 2011 = 27,500 to purchase, travel, and sell 2500 long lasting insecticidal-treated bed nets at a subsidized and affordable price, $1 or less in malaria-endemic communities.

What is Campaign Net-A-Village?

Campaign Net-A-Village is an Empowering The Poor, Inc. fundraising initiative designed to:

  1. Purchase and distribute 2,500 long lasting insecticidal bed nets across Africa’s poorest and malaria-endemic communities by July 30, 2010.
  2. Educate and train local populations as community health agents.
  3. Provide effective anti malaria drugs to health clinics in poor and malaria endemic communities.

Why Campaign Net-A-Village?  

  • Malaria is the leading cause of child mortality in Africa
  • Every 30 seconds a child dies from malaria in Africa; an estimated one to two million people die from it every year, yet malaria is a preventable and treatable disease.
  • Less than 5% of children sleep under a long lasting insecticidal bed net.  
  • Malaria is both a cause and consequence of poverty

Why do we sell long lasting insecticidal bed nets at a subsidized price?

  • Empowering The Poor, Inc. does not believe in hands out.
  • Empowering The Poor, Inc.‘s experience in distributing bed nets  indicate that people are more likely to use the bed nets when they buy versus handed them out.
  • Just like we use the items we buy at the grocery store, the poor will use more often the bed nets if they pay for them. It’s human nature to value what we pay.

How can I help?

  • Make an online donation to campaign Net-A-Village.
  • Join the campaign Fundraising Council (made up of dedicated volunteers to fundraise to support campaign’s fundraising goals)
  • Make a donation as small as $10.00 to buy and distribute one long lasting insecticidal bed net.
  • Make a donation now and help empower a village!
  • Host a party, ask friends, family members, gym’s club, and parents to help you fight malaria, and save the lives of innocent children, women, and men. Invite ETP’s staff to speak at your workplace, party, schools, university, or any fundraising events you will host.