http://www.projectmosquitonet.org Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:22:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  Today is World Malaria Day a worldwide concerted effort to bring awareness to the world of the seriousness of the malaria. Most of us don't have to worry about every contracting this disease, but that's not the case for over three million children and pregnant mothers in Sub-Saharan Africa. And, most ... http://www.projectmosquitonet.org/2009/04/25/today-april-25th-is-world-malaria-day/ Our project is grass-roots but we partner with wonderful partners who believe in complete transparency regarding where our funds go and how they are used. Here is an excerpt from the GiveWell blog: "We were referred to the Against Malaria Foundation today. It’s the most transparent developing-world aid organization we’ve seen ... http://www.projectmosquitonet.org/2009/01/18/transparency-givewell-declares-against-malaria-our-bed-net-partner-the-most-transparent-developing-world-aid-organization-we%e2%80%99ve-seen-to-date/ The 2008 Health Education Day was a historic and unique event as more than seven thousand nine hundred people participated in the event. The event was held in Mbita, Kenya on April 25, 2008. The event was a wonderful success and all attendees learned about the prevention of malaria. A total ... http://www.projectmosquitonet.org/2009/01/02/47/ Project Mosquito Net is participating with Blog Action Day this year on October 15, 2008. Blog Action Day is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. The aim is to raise awareness ... http://www.projectmosquitonet.org/2008/10/15/blog-action-day-2008-poverty-and-malaria/ Through the recent Rapid Needs Assessment (RNA) survey, undertaken by the Akado clinic last month, an assessment of the neighborhoods and areas to receive long lasting malaria bed nets was undertaken. The Akado Clinic and its staff identified 7,307 households without bed nets. Along with collecting these numerical results the ... http://www.projectmosquitonet.org/2007/05/21/six-thousand-malaria-bed-nets-to-be-distributed-in-mbita-kenay-in-june-2007/