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Project Title:
Net 4 Nets
Initiative:
School Name:
Springbank Middle School
School board / First Nations school jurisdiction:
Rocky View Schools
Project Theme:
Grade Level:
Subject Areas:
City:
Calgary
Province/Territory:
Alberta
Community Partners:
Tommie Hamaluba
Teacher,
Ledumang Senior Secondary School
Gabarone, Botswana

Royal Bank in Cochrane, Alberta branch (who will help us electronically transfer the funds raised to Gabarone, Botswana with no service fees for maximum social good)

iEARN -the International Education and Resource Network
(see www.iearn.org) The largest and longest-running k-12 global learning community in the world. Since 1988 iEARN's mission has been, "Connecting Youth and Making a Difference in the world!"

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Net 4 Nets

Net 4 Nets
(Canadian Youth Using the Power of the Internet to Prevent Malaria)

Background Info:
Every day the equivalent of seven jumbo jets filled with children die of malaria and is is mostly preventable through the acquisition and use of an inexpensive mosquito bednet.

The goal of this social action project is to have Canadian youth use the power of the Internet raise awareness about the serious health issue of malaria and to help prevent malaria by raising funds to purchase mosquito nets to protect children in Botswana.

One mosquito bednet costs $10 CDN. The mosquito bednets can last many years and protect numerous children, thus saving many lives.