Hey guys! Today April 25th is World Malaria Day! If you caught my video I posted last week about it then you’re already well aware of what we’re doing to spread the word.
Both twitter and dailybooth have come together and help everyone spread the word when you use the hash tag #endmalaria.
Here is a link to my dailybooth feed if you wanted to add your end malaria hand to it also!
Dailybooth is adding that little blue icon picture above to every photo you tag with #endmalaria
Twitter is adding little mosquito icons right after the #endmalaria tag.
If you wanted to help even more you can donate $10 to buy a bed net and help save even more lives.
DONATE HERE: http://hope140.org/endmalaria
You can also text NETSto 864233 to donate and $10 will be charged to your phone bill.
Thanks so much for helping out everyone! You are amazing!
i think its so awesome how you and other youtubers are doing this, ive been tweeting all day about it and nobodys commented or done anything which REALLY irritates me!
This is a great and noble cause but how can we be sure that all the money will go where it needs to go for all the right supplies?
Politicians in foreign countries are infamous for taking the charitable funds and either locking it up in a mess of red tape or using for their own gain.
I call attention to the ill fated “Concert For Bangladesh”.
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“The concert raised US$243,418.50, which was given to UNICEF to administer. Sales of the DVDs and CDs of the concert continue to benefit the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF.
However, there were complaints about the high price of the album and allegations that there were delays in money from the album sales being sent to help the Bangladesh refugees. Allen Klein, then an executive at Apple Corps insisted the company made no money from the album or film and was only recovering its advertising and production costs. However New York magazine reported in 1972 that some of the proceeds remained unaccounted for. Klein denied it and sued the magazine for $150 million in damages.[4]
According to a June 2, 1985 article in the Los Angeles Times, by 1985 nearly $12 million had been sent to Bangladesh for relief. However, the money was tied up in an Internal Revenue Service escrow account for 11 years because the concert organisers had not applied for tax-exempt status.[5]
In a 1980 interview John Lennon (who did not participate in the concert) opined that benefits are “always rip-offs” and regarding the question where the money from the Bangladesh concert went, commented: “I can’t even talk about it, because it’s still a problem. You’ll have to check with Mother [Yoko], because she knows the ins and outs of it, I don’t. But it’s all a rip-off.”[6]
My suggestion: Look before you leap, people.
No-vay, I’ll post a pic of my hand in DailyBooth. Yeah, you probably just want to see pics of sexy Strawberry! LOL. I did however text my donation… TWICE! I didn’t get a thank you confirmation after I sent my “Yes” response, so I submitted another. Goodness, my internet IJ crush phase will cost me mucho dinero. Thank god it’s just a phase. I guess I’m officially an IJ Lemming (whatever happened to that game?). Like the game, don’t jump off the cliff since Lemmings always obey their Queen! -ha-ha
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I was impressed with how American Idol was focusing on malaria this year during their Idol Gives Back show. Very good cause!
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