JCI Sheffield Monthly Social - Nothing But Nets Pub Crawl

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The Hop has become the social home of JCI Sheffield for 2012 and we love it! You will find us taking advantage of their pie & pint for a fiver deal on the last Wednesday of every month. This month our social coincides with World Malaria Day - 25 April. As JCI Sheffield, and JCI globally, support the fantastic Nothing But Nets campaign to eradicate malaria we are keen to do our bit.

 

We will be meeting in The Hop at 6pm to split into teams and find out the route for the evening, we will then be making our way around the pubs of Sheffield fundraising for Nothing But Nets. Returning to The Hop at 8pm to count up and celebrate with a pie and a pint.

 

Please check out the event on Eventbrite or contact me through here

 

 

About Nothing But Nets:

Nothing But Nets is a global, grassroots campaign to raise awareness and funding to fight malaria, a leading cause of death among children in Africa. Nothing But Nets provides everyone – students to CEOs, bishops to basketball players – the opportunity to join the fight against malaria by giving $10 to send a net and save a life.

 

Malaria Kills

Malaria is preventable, but there are approximately 500 million cases of malaria each year, and nearly 1 million of those infected die from the disease. 90 percent of deaths caused by malaria occur in Africa, where a child dies every 30 seconds from the disease Children who are able to survive malaria are faced with physical and mental impairments, such as poor growth and development. Moreover, every day 25 million pregnant African women risk severe illness and harm to their unborn children from a malaria infection. Malaria contributes to low birth weight among newborn infants, one of the leading risk factors for infant mortality. Malaria incapacitates people and keeps them from working while they recover or take care of sick children. Simply put, malaria keeps countries poor. In addition to the burden on the health system, malaria illness and death cost Africa $12 billion a year in lost productivity.