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UNF Today Archive

Enter to win a trip to Africa with us
Now it's your chance to see us in action in Africa or win a trip to the 2009 MTV Movie Awards.
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As seen on YouTube and CNN
Youth, Ted Turner highlighted in online videos about grassroots effort to send nets and save lives.
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Join a Truly Global Debate!
High school students in more than 80 countries participate in The People Speak Global Debates. Now, you can too!
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Covering African Refugees with Nets
Our Nothing But Nets campaign is working with UNHCR to protect a vulnerable population from malaria.
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Supporting Childhood Immunizations
Our new commitment with the Vodafone Foundation aims to help reduce measles deaths over the next three years.
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Expanding Mobile Health
We are streamlining health data collection using PDAs in 22 African countries.
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Bed Nets for Burma
The UN Foundation's Nothing But Nets Campaign contributed 10,000 life-saving nets to the Mae La refugee camp.
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A bed net's journey: Mali
This is the story of how 2.8 million nets made their way to Malian children in need.
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March 8 is International Women’s Day
Honor a special woman in your life.
Sign the Say NO to Violence Against Women petition

 

UN Environmental Program honors our President, Timothy Wirth, with the 2008 Champions of the Earth Award.
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Bangladesh: Cyclone Sydr death toll nears 3000.
You can help
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World Heritage belongs to us all.
But due to external factors, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee has put 30 World Heritage sites on its "In Danger" list. Explore the Map and Learn How You Can Help.

 

Nothing But Nets teams up with VH1 to create a public service announcement (PSA) to spread the word about how easy it is to send nets and save lives. Watch PSA

 

 

Latest Stories of Impact

  1. Giving park guards and gorillas a fighting chance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Virunga National Park is both the largest national park in Africa and the continent’s longest inscribed World Heritage site.  However, years of armed conflict within the sites, rampant illegal poaching, and depletion of natural resources put all five World Heritage sites on the List of World Heritage in Danger.

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