http://www.projectmosquitonet.org Sat, 26 May 2007 09:15:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ Click here to Donate Next week the shipment of 6,000 long lasting insecticide treated mosquito nets will be on their way to Kenya. These nets have been generously provided to us by the Swim Against Malaria Foundation. Although the nets are being provided to us at no cost for the nets ... http://www.projectmosquitonet.org/2007/03/26/over-half-way-to-our-goal-of-4000-help-us-reach-our-goal-by-may-1st/ The Rapid Needs Assessment to assess which children and women will receive this year's mosquito nets is planned to be conducted in 27 fishing beaches, 13 rural villages and 10 clusters within Mbita Township. We are planning to conduct the Rapid Needs Assessment in at least 2000 households within ... http://www.projectmosquitonet.org/2007/02/05/akado-clinic-plans-assessment-for-2007-distribution/ Project Mosquito Net is proud to announce we have now registered with Against Malaria to raise additional donations to provide more nets to the Mbita region. 100% of the proceeds raised through our donation page at Against Malaria will go towards purchasing nets. Make a donation for Project Mosquito net ... http://www.projectmosquitonet.org/2007/01/15/project-mosquito-net-joins-against-malaria/ We are excited to announce in December we were notified that our proposal to Swim For Malaria was accepted and we were granted a donation of 6,000 nets, a gift in kind of $30,000. This generous donation will allow us to greatly expand our Health Education Day this year. In ... http://www.projectmosquitonet.org/2007/01/15/swim-for-malaria-provides-us-with-6000-nets/ President George W. Bush, joined by Laura Bush, addresses participants at the first-ever White House Summit on Malaria, Thursday, Dec, 14, 2006, at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C. President Bush's Malaria Initiative is a five-year $1.2 billion program to eradicate malaria in 15 countries.  To read more ... http://www.projectmosquitonet.org/2006/12/15/white-house-holds-first-ever-malaria-summit/ A "Mosquito Net Tea Party" was held in San Diego, California on Sunday, November 12th, 2006 at the home of Antonia and Bob Davis. This tea party served as a fund raiser for Project Mosquito Net. The Project Mosquito Net is supported by the Power of Love Foundation (www.poweroflove.org), a ... http://www.projectmosquitonet.org/2006/11/14/mosquito-net-fundraiser-in-san-diego-2/ Download the 2006 Health Education Day full report in PDF format The Health Education Day and mosquito net distribution took place in Mbita, Kenya on Friday 11th August 2006. The day was a great success, and was organized by the Akado Medical Center and attended by the largest number of orphaned ... http://www.projectmosquitonet.org/2006/10/15/health-education-day-and-net-distribution-2006/ This week an article appears in Sports Illustrated that really brings home the point of this effort to eradicate this preventable disease, to save the lives of children. Nets for Nets has received national press coverage. Below is an excerpt from the piece columnist Rick Reilly of Sports Illustrates wrote ... http://www.projectmosquitonet.org/2006/05/01/rick-reilly-of-sports-illustrated-writes-about-nets-for-nets/ Last week on April 20, 2006, at the University of California, Irvine, the Social Science Plaza was transformed into a small sports arena containing both a basketball hoop, some collegiate cheerleaders, a couple Laker Girls, a myriad of staff and faculty and over 500 students, attending very successful awareness/fundraising event ... http://www.projectmosquitonet.org/2006/05/01/dunk-malaria/