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Play Game, Combat Malaria In Africa

2:30AM Maggie Greene | While Ethan Allen makes mosquito nets look romantic, living in a country where mosquito nets are purely utilitarian and totally necessary (mine was a hideous blue colour with an ugly flower pattern in the netting, and was rigged up to the ceiling with fishing line – no four poster beds to be found) will dash any romantic ideas post-haste. April 25th is World Malaria Day, and as part of the ‘Nothing But Net’ campaign to get mosquito nets to parts of Africa where malaria is a very real and very deadly problem, the UN has commissioned an easy little came called ‘Deliver the Net’: The challenge: race the sun and hand out as many insecticide-treated bed nets as you can to African families. The more nets you deliver – before the mosquitoes come out – the more lives you save. Once you’re done playing the game, sign up, confirm your email, and a life-saving bed net will be sent on your behalf! More »