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Thank you!
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As 2018 draws to a close we would like to thank all who have supported and worked with AMF this year as without donors, distribution partners, volunteers and pro bono supporters we would not be able to do what we do in contributing to the fight against malaria. Thank you!
Distributions update
Distributions and follow-up surveys are currently being undertaken in a number of countries. We have just completed the distribution of 1.0 million nets in Papua New Guinea, 3.6 million nets in Ghana and 4.3 million nets in Malawi. Approximately 4 million nets are about to be shipped to Guinea and the first of 11.8 million nets for distribution in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In total, these nets will protect 43 million people.
393,000th donation and over US$185 million raised so far!
We are thrilled to have recently received our 393,000th donation, with most donations ranging from a few dollars (and £, €, CAN$, NZ$, AUS$, bitcoin and more) to many thousands.
We are so grateful for your support. Thank you!
Tax-Deductibility
We now have tax-deductible status in a dozen countries, most recently
in Norway. We continue to assess the need for tax-deductibility status in other
countries, some of which are already in the application stage and we hope to complete
in the very near future.
AMF top ranked!
AMF has again been top-ranked by the two leading organisations 'dedicated to finding
outstanding giving opportunities'.
GiveWell has ranked AMF a top charity, for the seventh
time in eight years
The Life You Can Save has AMF as a top-ranked charity for the eighth year in a row
A suggestion for the Christmas/Holiday season!
Donate nets instead of gifts.
We send the recipient/s an email (on a date you choose e.g. 25th Dec) with your personal message and a link to their 'gift page', allowing them to follow the progress of their nets.
May we wish you a very happy and healthy 2019!
Rob, Andrew, Peter, Julian, Jenny, Shaun, Andy and David
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The immediate need for funding nets far exceeds the amount we have available.
There is a currently unfunded need for AMF to provide 22 million nets for people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. DRC is one of the two largest contributors to malaria deaths and illness, so there is the potential to have an extremely large impact on health outcomes. The total funding gap is US$45 million.
Thanks to our donors' incredible commitment to fighting malaria, we have recently been able to sign agreements to fund 3.86 million nets for distribution in Guinea (Mar-Apr 2019) and 11.8 million nets for distribution in the Democratic Republic of Congo (April and November 2019). These nets will protect an estimated 28.1 million people.
The time to identify funding for the major gap in DRC is now in order to allow adequate time for preparations for what is a significant national-level logistics operation. Extensive planning is needed for proper accountability and transparency, which is particularly needed in a country such as DRC. This needs to be done prior to manufacture, international shipment and distribution within the country. The earlier funding can be identified in the next five months the better will be the preparations for the distribution.
This is the most significant opportunity AMF has had to date:
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protect 40.5 million people
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avert 10-15,000 deaths and 10-15 million cases of malaria
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improve GDP in DRC by an estimated $540m
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influence materially the accountability of the universal coverage campaign in one of the world's two most malarious countries
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slow down the growth of insecticide resistance which threatens to undermine the whole country net programme through the purchase of PBO nets
AMF is well placed to assist with this opportunity:
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a track record of successful multi-million net distributions
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direct experience and established relationships in DRC
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Global Fund partnership covers non net costs and reduces risk
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agreement for 11.8 nets recently signed with the Ministry of Health so no agreement hurdles to overcome
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our leadership in dealing with insecticide resistance through use of next generation nets
There is no other funding currently identified. The gap exists after all commitments from AMF, The Global Fund and other funders have been taken into account, including our latest commitment of nets.
This is not an 'all or nothing' situation, every extra net funded by our donors will fill the need of someone at risk from malaria and we remain exceptionally grateful to all donors of small or large amounts.
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GiveWell has updated its top charity list and we are delighted to be ranked again as a top charity!
From GiveWell's recent update review of AMF:
"The Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) is one of our top-rated charities, and an organization that we feel offers donors an outstanding opportunity to accomplish good with their donations."
"We believe that AMF is likely to be constrained by funding. There is a high degree of uncertainty in the maximum amount that AMF could use productively, but given AMF's track record of finding and filling funding gaps for LLINs and the large size of the global funding gap (estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars for 2018-2020), we expect the maximum to be significantly greater than what AMF is likely to receive."
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We are delighted to report that we - all of us together - have now reached a cumulative total since AMF started of US$180 million raised!
This has been possible through the support of 112,000 people in 189 countries who have made 386,392 donations. Our smallest single donation has been US$1, our largest US$22.8 million. And every donation matters as each US$2 buys a net and protects two people when they sleep at night from the bites of malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
These funds equate to 81 million nets protecting 145 million people with an estimated 65,000 lives saved and 65 million cases of malaria averted. The positive contribution to GDP is estimated to be $2.2 billion.
Thank you for all your support!
We are privileged to witness first-hand the generosity, and repeated generosity, of donors and receive truly wonderful letters and emails of good wishes and support. Thank you for your confidence in our work.
There is a significant gap between the nets we can fund and the requests we currently have so we will continue to work hard to contribute all we can to close the net funding gaps that exist.
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