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September 23, 2008 
For only $10 (okay, not a regular lunch, but a decent lunch with a drink) you can help purchase a insecticide-treated bed net as well as help in the educational programs the Red Cross sponsors to teach families the proper use of bed nets.
Malaria is spread by mosquitoes and can be BOTH prevented and treated. Unfortunately every 30 seconds a child in Africa dies from this disease. 300 million acute cases a year resulting in 1 million deaths, of which 90% are in Africa and are mostly children.
Please help the American Red Cross, donate here. You can download a fact sheet from the American Red Cross here (pdf) to learn more about malaria.
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Skip a Lunch is an idea I had after reading an article in the National Geographic on the spread of malaria. It turned out for a mere $10 you could buy a family in Africa a mosquito net through the American Red Cross. I spend $10 every time I frequent a Starbucks, so why shouldn't I skip one lunch or cinnamon dolce latte and help save a child? I did. Will you?
