Kingston Sleeps Out, Stands Out & Rocks Out Malaria!
KINGSTON SLEEPS OUT, STANDS OUT AND ROCKS OUT MALARIA!
And then they will Bead it Up!
Kingston: The Buy-A-Net Malaria Prevention Group takes over Confederation Basin to mark World Malaria Day, on Sunday, April 25th, with a “Sleep out” and a “Rock-Out” to commemorate this important day of global awareness.
April 25, 2010 is a day of unified commemoration of the global effort to provide effective control of malaria around the world. World Malaria Day is an opportunity for malaria-free countries to learn about the devastating consequences of the disease.
This year, communities around the world are “Sleeping Out to End Malaria”. The Kingston event runs from 1:00 – 8:00 pm. Buy-A-Net encourages citizens of all ages to attend this day to demonstrate both their determination and optimism that the battle against Malaria can be won.
A full day’s program of varied musical entertainment featuring Andrea Gauster, Beautiful Inferno, Ottawa-based Chasing Curiosity, Earth Wind and Haggis, Singer song-writer Jim Tidman , and to close the show Spread the Secret Participants will also be treated to the performance, “A Malaria Story” by the Kingston based, youth theatre company, The Not So Amateur Amateurs. Face painting will be available for the younger supporters.
Buy-A-Net will also be encouraging Kingstonians to “Bead Up Malaria”. Made possible through a recent partnership with “Bead For Life”, one-of-a-kind handmade beads will be on sale with all proceeds going to the Buy-A-Net Malaria Prevention Group. Thirty beads will be sold for $7 – the price of one bed net.
Bead For Life (beadforlife.org) is an organization that reduces extreme poverty by creating bridges of understanding between impoverished Africans and concerned world citizens. Ugandan women turn colorful recycled paper into beautiful beads, which are, in turn, sold around the world. The beads thus become income, food, medicine, school fees and hope.
Launched in 2004, Buy-A-Net is Canada’s first volunteer-driven, charitable organization that seeks to prevent deaths from Malaria in Africa one country at a time. The nation of Uganda was chosen as the first target country of the campaign, whose slogan “7 Bucks, Buy-A-Net, Save a life” provides advocacy and awareness about malaria as well as raises much-needed funds for the procurement of long-lasting, insecticide treated bed nets and anti-malaria medicine. In partnership with community-based groups, the nets are distributed free of charge, one village at a time. Children and pregnant women in Africa are most vulnerable to malaria. Malaria takes a child’s life every 30 seconds, and 50 Million pregnant women are at risk of malaria resulting in poor health, and maternal and neonatal death.
For more information on Buy-A-Net and malaria prevention, please visit www.buyanet.ca.
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Contact: Joanne Langlois (613) 540-1202
