AMF has agreed to fund 25 million nets for distribution in the Democratic Republic of Congo during 2024 to 2026. These nets will contribute to, but in no way close, the funding gap for this period.
The nets should achieve full coverage of sleeping spaces across 170 health zones in 12 provinces to protect 45 million people when they sleep at night from the bites of malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
DRC is affected year-round by malaria and these nets have the potential to play a major part in reducing deaths and illness.
These nets could be expected to prevent 25,000 to 30,000 deaths, avert 15 to 30 million cases of malaria and make a material impact on the economy of DRC. It is estimated that the improvement in GDP (Gross Domestic Product), a measure of economic performance, as a result of AMF’s commitment would be about USD660 million.
We are about to allocate individual donations to these specific distributions and many donations, large and small, will fund these nets.
The distributions will be implemented by the PNLP (Programme National de Lutte contre le Paludisme – National Malaria Control Programme) and other partners, with whom AMF will work closely and with whom we have an agreed set of processes and a strong and open working relationship. We will report transparently on progress and performance throughout and after the distribution.
Lead times for this significant logistical programme, across a country two-thirds the size of Western Europe, means that nets for the 2024 distributions are being ordered now and for the 2025 distributions in the coming months.
Key elements of our agreement include:
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AMF is funding ~25,000,000 LLINs, with distribution during 2024 and 2025 (as AMF's contribution to the 2024 to 2026 campaign)
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This is a co-funding partnership with non-net costs (shipping, pre-distribution, distribution) funded by the Global Fund
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To support accurate data gathering, verification of net need numbers will take place by re-visiting a material number of households chosen at random
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Household-level data will be collected using electronic-devices and then transferred into AMF's Data Entry System (DES) for analysis and verification. This, and the above elements combined, are the basis for a highly accountable distribution.
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Post-distribution monitoring of net use and condition (PDMs) will take place every nine months for two and a half years in all districts. AMF will fund this.
Further information is available via AMF’s distributions listing
There remains a huge gap in critical funding for the 2024 to 2026 period for DRC. Together with our partners, the Global Fund and the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), we are able to fund 62% of the nets needed for DRC for this period. There is still a US$145 million shortfall that leaves 38% of the country, all highly malarious, currently without a protection plan. If this situation does not change, tens of thousands of people can be expected to die from malaria. The three partners are not aware of any significant further funding sources for this period which is why this gap is described as critical.
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For information
If you are considering donating to AMF very soon, there is the possibility your donation could be doubled if you make it via the Double Up Drive.
AMF has been chosen as one of very few charities and there is a matching pot of US$350,000.
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Maximum of US$5,000 per donor per charity
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There is no limit to how many people can donate to AMF
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To be sure/maximise the chances of a match to your donation, we would suggest very quick action
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If you donate, please do 'opt in' at Double-Up for your details to be shared with AMF as then we (AMF) can email you a link to show you where your nets will be distributed. Note: We do not add you to a list and we do not send soliciting emails.
Donations are matched on a 'first come, first matched' basis until the matching pot is used up. There is no downside in donating via DUpD, only an upside.
Simply visit www.doubleupdrive.org
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We are delighted to share the news that AMF has recently gone past the milestone of one million donations received since AMF began.
This total is from 202,323 people in 200 countries, with the smallest donation being US$2 and the largest US$53 million, for a total of US$541,549,263 raised to date.
Our thanks to so many people who so generously care about the fight against malaria.
The 1,000,000th donation was a US$100 donation from Jenifer in Ohio, USA!
Other numbers, in increasing order of importance, are: 247,208,000 nets funded (or will be) to protect 444,975,000 people in 40 countries leading to, once all nets funded are distributed and have had their impact, an estimated improvement in local economies of US$6.5 billion, and estimates of 185 million cases of malaria averted and 185,000 lives saved.
Thank you to all who have donated so far, to all those who have provided pro bono support to AMF as well as to our many partners in the field who work so hard to bring about change.
We are so grateful to you.
With funding gaps that exist, AMF's commitment to fighting malaria is as strong as ever and the need to fight this disease is urgent. Every $2 donation matters as much as ever, as each net matters to the two people it protects.
From all of us at AMF – thank you.
Rob, Andrew, Peter, Shaun, Julian, Ruth, Richard, Alicja, Jeremy, Izabel, Neil, Helena and Eliette
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AMF is recruiting a second Donations Administrator to work either three, four or five days per week. A three-day role would typically involve working Monday, Wednesday and Friday or Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, with other schedules on occasions.
This is a crucial role at AMF as this work is at the heart of managing the donations we receive which allows us to share with donors the specific impact of each donation they make.
The Donations Administrator will be responsible for or be involved in: recording and reconciling the daily donations made to AMF via various methods; online, bank transfer and cheques, across its global portfolio. They will manage interactions with donors and other organisations as well as undertaking data cleaning or analysis/investigation. Responsibilities may also include manging aspects of our accounting system and financial reporting.
The right candidate would be very comfortable working with numbers, would enjoy the detailed nature of financial bookkeeping work (although no specific financial knowledge is required), is entirely comfortable working at a computer for the majority of their working day, and would be excited to do this for an organisation whose focus is savings lives.
Skills and experience
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Enjoys working with numbers, detail, spreadsheets
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Excellent spreadsheet skills - manipulating data and financial mathematics
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Good IT skills - Word, Excel and also web-based systems
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Very good written communication and people skills
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Outstanding attention to detail
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Able to focus on detail whilst retaining the bigger picture
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Previous donation or financial management - possibly bookkeeping
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Enthusiastic about the role, and determined to learn and progress
Job description and details of how to apply
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This position is now closed. Please see our Vacancies page for any current opportunities.
AMF is recruiting to add another Junior Operations Manager to the team.
This individual will play an important role as a key member of the support the Operations team across all of AMF's programmes,
including in countries where AMF is distributing nets for the first time.
The role will include involvement in all stages of a distribution campaign (pre-agreement, net
procurement, post-agreement, during distribution, and post distribution) with a focus on three areas:
- Net accounting
- Campaign monitoring
- Post distribution monitoring
The Junior Operations Manager will play an important role in all three areas, and will work closely with the operations team lead for each country with a view to taking on significant country-level responsibilities over time.
This would be an excellent first job for someone just out of university or someone moving after their first employment.
Junior role: Job description and details of how to apply
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AMF has agreed to fund 1.6 million nets for distribution in Kwango province in the Democratic Republic of Congo with the distribution scheduled for May 2024. These nets fill the funding gap and aim to achieve 100% coverage across 14 health zones protecting 2.9 million people when they sleep at night from the bites of malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
DRC is affected year-round by malaria and these nets have the potential to play a major part in reducing deaths and illness.
These nets could be expected to prevent 1,500 deaths, avert 1 to 1.5 million cases of malaria and make a material impact on the economy of Kwango province. It is estimated that the improvement in GDP (Gross Domestic Product), a measure of economic performance, as a result of AMF’s commitment would be about USD40 million.
We are about to allocate individual donations to these specific distributions and many donations, large and small, will fund these nets.
The distributions will be implemented by the NMCP (National Malaria Control Programme) and other partners, with whom AMF will work closely and with whom we have an agreed set of processes and a strong and open working relationship. We will report transparently on progress and performance throughout and after the distribution.
Key elements of our agreement include:
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AMF is funding 1,584,150 LLINs, with distribution in Q2 2024
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This is a co-funding partnership with non-net costs (shipping, pre-distribution, distribution) funded by the Presidents Malaria Initiative (PMI).
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To support accurate data gathering, re-checks of net need numbers will take place by re-visiting a material number of households chosen at random.
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Household-level data will be collected using electronic-devices and then transferred into AMF's Data Entry System (DES) for analysis and verification. This, and the above elements combined, are the basis for a highly accountable distribution.
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Post-distribution monitoring of net use and condition (PDMs) will take place every nine months for two and a half years in all districts. AMF will fund this.
Further information is available via the dedicated Kwango, DRC 2024 distribution page.
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AMF has agreed to fund 6.3 million nets for distribution in Zambia with the distribution scheduled for September to October 2023. These nets fill the funding gap and aim to achieve 100% coverage across 74 districts in six provinces protecting 11.3 million people when they sleep at night from the bites of malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
Zambia is affected year-round by malaria and these nets have the potential to play a major part in reducing deaths and illness.
These nets could be expected to prevent 2,500 to 3,000 deaths, avert 2 to 3 million cases of malaria and make a material impact on the economy of Zambia. It is estimated that the improvement in GDP (Gross Domestic Product), a measure of economic performance, as a result of AMF’s commitment would be about USD135 million.
We are about to allocate individual donations to these specific distributions and many donations, large and small, will fund these nets.
The distributions will be implemented by the NMEC (National Malaria Elimination Centre) and other partners, with whom AMF will work closely and with whom we have an agreed set of processes and a strong and open working relationship. We will report transparently on progress and performance throughout and after the distribution.
Key elements of our agreement include:
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AMF is funding 6,300,000 LLINs, with distribution in Q3/Q4 2023
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This is a co-funding partnership with non-net costs (shipping, pre-distribution, distribution) funded by USAID's President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) and by the Global Fund
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To support accurate data gathering, re-checks of net need numbers will take place by re-visiting a material number of households chosen at random.
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Household-level data will be collected using electronic-devices and then transferred into AMF's Data Entry System (DES) for analysis and verification. This, and the above elements combined, are the basis for a highly accountable distribution.
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Post-distribution monitoring of net use and condition (PDMs) will take place every nine months for two and a half years in all districts. AMF will fund this.
Further information is available via the dedicated Zambia 2023 distribution page.
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Our activities and commitments have grown over time and AMF is now the world's third largest funder of nets. In the coming years, we expect to buy and distribute between 25 and 50 million nets per year.
As a result, AMF is recruiting a junior developer, initially specialising data science tasks, and a senior full stack web developer, specialising in .Net and SQL Server.
Reporting to AMF's Head of Technology, and working closely with all other members of the AMF team, the successful candidates will have the following general skills and experience:
General
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Strong analytical capabilities
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Able to react quickly to any critical issues which may arise
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Able to focus on detail whilst retaining the bigger picture
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Project/time management skills, self‐motivated with the ability to work to deadlines
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Strong communication skills at both a technical and non‐technical level
Junior position
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Good knowledge of Python/Pandas or very similar tools
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Familiarity with standard data formats like JSON, CSV, Excel etc.
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Data analysis and cleaning – spotting and fixing outliers or data issues
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Good SQL skills, SQL server preferred
Senior position
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Latest .Net, C#, SQL Server; competence level: excellent; likely years’ experience: 5+
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Experience of Razor pages and .Net Entity Framework would be beneficial
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HTML, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery, Responsive design
Location: Home-office and/or remote working in UK.
Job description and details of how to apply
Senior Role
Junior Role This position is now closed. Please see our Vacancies page
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We are delighted to share the news that we have just gone past the milestone of US$500 million raised since AMF began.
It is thanks to 919,371 donations from 185,318 people in 189 countries that we have passed this total. Our thanks to so many people who so generously care about the fight against malaria.
Other numbers, in increasing order of importance, are: 227,693,156 nets funded (or will be) to protect 409,847,681 people in 40 countries leading to, once all nets funded are distributed and have had their impact, an improvement in local economies of US$6 billion, 150 to 200 million cases of malaria averted and an estimated 170,000 lives saved.
Fittingly, it was a grant of US$2.6m from GiveWell that took us past this total given the support they have shown AMF over the last 15 years. AMF has been a top charity at GiveWell for all of those years and is the only charity to have been so ranked, reflecting our commitment to our guiding principles of impact, accountability, transparency and efficiency.
Thank you to all who have donated so far, to all those who have provided pro bono support to AMF as well as to our many partners in the field who work so hard to bring about change.
We are so grateful to you.
With funding gaps that exist, AMF's commitment to fighting malaria is as strong as ever and the need to fight this disease is urgent. Every $2 donation matters as much as ever, as each net matters to the two people it protects.
From all of us at AMF – thank you.
Rob, Andrew, Peter, Shaun, Jenny, Julian, Sylvie, Jonas, Ruth and Maeve
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This position is now closed. Please see our Vacancies page for any current opportunities.
AMF is recruiting to add another Senior Operations Manager to the team.
The individual will lead on several of AMF’s programmes, including in countries where AMF is distributing nets for the first time. They will work closely with NMCPs, in country partners, AMF independent monitors, the AMF Operations and Technology teams to ensure the success of AMF distributions. They will be encouraged to think creatively on how to design distributions in the most effective way possible, such as through the increased use of technology.
The role will include involvement in all stages of a distribution campaign (pre-agreement, net procurement, post-agreement, during distribution, and post distribution) across two main areas:
- Leading the relationship with National Malaria Control Programmes (NMCPs)
- Managing AMF's independent monitoring partners
Job description and details of how to apply
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