Nothing But Nets



The New York Times has a great article today (here) on Nothing But Nets, the coalition between many organizations, including the United Methodist Church, the NBA and the United Nations Foundation, that gets insecticide treated bed nets into the hands of people in malaria-affected areas. $10 buys a net and trains a family to use it. It can literally save a life, particularly of a child under 5, who are at the highest risk. The UM Bishop who is mentioned, Tom Bickerton, is the bishop of our Western Pennsylvania Conference.

If you would like to give nets to Mozambique in particular, you can do that through the Missouri Conference of the UMC. You can make your contribution (payable to "Missouri Conference UMC") and send it to Missouri Conference Treasurer's Office, 3601 Amron Court, Columbia, MO 65202, marked "#7390 Nothing But Nets."