Bite Back Against Malaria

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Bite Back Against Malaria

• How to Plan a Successful Event on Your Campus

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Why Should You Care About Malaria?

• Malaria is the number one killer of children in
  Africa.
• 90 of deaths caused by malaria occur in Africa,
  where some 3,000 children die of malaria each
  day, one every 30 seconds.
• More than 500 million people a year are infected
  with malaria and one million people will die each
  year from the disease.

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Malaria is Preventable and Treatable

• Malaria is spread by mosquitoes and can be
  prevented by using insecticide-treated bed nets
  and eliminating mosquitoes where they breed
  before they enter peoples homes at night to
  feed.
• Malaria can also be treated with anti-malarial
  drugs before the disease becomes deadly.

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How Can You Take Action?

• Americans for Informed
• Democracy will provide 30 campuses
  200 mini-grants to create an malaria
  awareness/fundraising/advocacy Buzzcuts
  campaign!
• Here are some ideas from previous Buzzcuts
  winners about what you can do to make a
  difference

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Fundraising for Nothing But Nets

• Check out all the Buzzcuts Finalists videos at
  http//www.thepeoplespeak.org/activities/buzzcuts/
  buzz-cuts-finalist-profiles.html
• Check out last years winner, Emily Renzellis
  video at www.aidemocracy.org/health/buzzcuts.php
• Emilys 3 steps to a successful fundraising
  campaign believing, understanding, and giving

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Believing

• Contact on-campus outreach center/civic
  engagement center for help planning your campaign
• Use our Campus Campaign Organizing Toolkit to get
  some ideas at http//www.aidemocracy.org/download/
  organizingtoolkit.pdf

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Understanding

• Organize civil discussions about Malaria through
  a panel or teach-ins about Malaria, see our
  toolkit at http//www.aidemocracy.org/health/event
  .php
• Have a film screening of Malaria Fever Wars' or
  Missing Out, see our toolkit at
  http//www.aidemocracy.org/health/film.php
• Host a party with a Greek or themed house
• Have a suggested donation of a few dollars
• get Malaria nets to put on people and dont let
  them out until they recite a fact about Malaria.
• Have a scavenger hunt with small bugs and give
  prizes to people who find them

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Giving

• Get pledges from
• friends and family
• Have a bake sale
• on campus and
• within your community
• Knit for Nets, check
• out Alisons video at http//youtube.com/watch?v
  1oE0W0TUgs4
• Donate all precedes to Nothing But Nets. Every
  10 will provide a family with a mosquito net
  that could save their lives. www.nothingbutnets.ne
  t/

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What Else Can You Do?

• Take Action
• See our Campaign Strategy toolkit at
  http//www.aidemocracy.org/download/campaignstrate
  gy.pdf
• Get students to sign a petition pledging their
  support for Malaria and present it to your
  governor/senator/representative, find the
  petition template at http//www.aidemocracy.org/br
  iefs.php
• Set up a lobbying meeting with your
  representative, see our toolkit at
  http//www.aidemocracy.org/download/lobbyinghowto.
  pdf
• Organize a rally, see our toolkit at
  http//www.aidemocracy.org/download/rallytoolkit.p
  df

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• For more info or questions contact Courtney at
  [phone]
• or courtney_at_aidemocracy.org