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Saving the World in Study Hall
by Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
Published May 11th, 2008
In keeping with thousands of years of tradition, I should be wringing my hands about adolescents these days, so lazy and degenerate compared with my own upstanding generation.But when I see high school students working energetically to save the lives of people half a world away, before they are even allowed to buy a beer, I’m reduced to mumbling admiration. These kids are truly inspiring.
As a 16-year-old in Melbourne, Fla.,Allyson Brownorganized a Valentine’s dance at her high school, with the proceeds going to fight malaria in Africa. That dance grew intoStayin’ Alive, a campaign that has attracted more than100schools in 31 states to raise money to buy mosquito bed nets that cost $10 each and protect a family from malaria.
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President Bush awards Stayin' Alive Founder Allyson Brown!
President Bush handed out 3 Dragonfly Awards on April 25th (an award so termed because dragonflies are a mosquitos natural predator) and our very own Allyson Brown from Florida received one.
President Bush said, "Allyson came up with an innovative way to combine two of her passions: one, fighting malaria in Africa, and school dances. She put together a fundraising dance with the theme "Staying Alive," and came away with more than $1,600 in donations. Then she built upon her success by working with Malaria No More to start a nationwide "Staying Alive" campaign. So far, more than 100 schools in 30 states have joined. Together they've raised more than $30,000 to purchase bed nets"
Go Allyson!
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Chamillionaire Gives Props to Activist Students
This in from MTV News producer Garth Bardsley, on a shoot in the Lone Star State:
We’re in southwestern Houston at a public high school called YES Prep, which is a free high school catering to low-income students, and -get this -it has a100% acceptance rate to college.
On April 18th, the students held a dance on behalf of an organization calledMalaria No More, raising money to purchase nets to protect against mosquitoes in Africa. So Houston’s own Chamillionaire swung by to fire up the students and give them props for their hard work.
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American Idol SPOTLIGHTS Malaria CRISIS DURINGIdol Gives Back, April 9, ON FOX:
Malaria No More to Continue Idol’s Fight against Malaria
New York, NEW YORK—Malaria No More is honored to be named one of the beneficiaries ofIdol Gives Backfor the second year in a row, which last year raised more than $76 million, including $9 million for Malaria No More and over $8 million for other malaria-related causes.
Malaria No More andIdolstars have worked closely to combat malaria over the last year. In June, Melinda Doolittle and Malaria No More joined First Lady Laura Bush in Zambia to distribute insecticide-treated mosquito nets. Last month, 2007Idolwinner Jordin Sparks joined President and Mrs. Bush in Ghana to perform and highlight malaria-control efforts.
FormerIdolfinalist Elliott Yamin traveled to Angola this month to see malaria programs sponsored by Malaria No More and ExxonMobil, a sponsor of Idol Gives Back 2007.
“I was shocked to learn of the devastation caused by malaria,” said Sparks. “It’s incredible what a difference a simple mosquito net can make in the life of a child.”
Jordin Sparks In Ghana:
Jive Records artist Jordin Sparks will visit Ghana during the President and Mrs.Bush’s five-nation trip to Africa to observe the progress of the United States’ programs fighting HIV/AIDS, malaria and other treatable diseases. Jordin will witness firsthand the importance of mosquito nets in preventing malaria deaths when she and Mrs. Bush visit a health clinic and women’s nutrition center Wednesday afternoon and visit malaria programs funded by the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative Thursday.
“Traveling to Ghana with Malaria No More gives me the incredible opportunity to see for myself what a difference a simple mosquito net can make in the life of a child,” said Sparks.
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