{"id":1694,"date":"2011-11-04T13:52:38","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T17:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/?p=1694"},"modified":"2011-11-04T13:52:38","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T17:52:38","slug":"buy-a-t-shirt-prevent-malaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/04\/buy-a-t-shirt-prevent-malaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy a T-Shirt, Prevent Malaria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’m not the most fashionable guy, but I love me a good graphic T-shirt, especially<\/em> if it’s got an insect in the design. I’ve accumulated a fairly decent collection of shirts featuring all manner of insects and other nature nerdery, and proudly wear them each day to work\/meetings\/conferences\/family functions\/etc. A simple style, sure, but they usually get a smile out of people, and they’re super comfortable!<\/p>\n

Which is why I absolutely LOVE a new campaign by the good people at Threadless.com (my favourite T-shirt vendor),\u00a0 UNICEF, and New York artists Justin<\/a> & Christine Gignac<\/a> to raise money for humanitarian aid in the Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n

It’s simple; make a donation to UNICEF to cover the exact cost of an aid item, and receive a cool t-shirt with the item you donated on the front. For example, donate $18.57 to cover the cost of an insecticide-treated mosquito net used to prevent Malaria transmission, and you’ll receive this entomologically AWESOME t-shirt!<\/p>\n

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Can you say win? 100% of the donation goes directly to UNICEF and is converted into the item you donated, and there is a wide variety of items you can donate, ranging in price from $18.57 for the mosquito net to $300,000 for a cargo flight full of relief. To sweeten the pot for a limited time, Threadless will ship you your shirts for free (even internationally) if you spend more than $50! So for $54 you could provide 3 families with a safe place to sleep free of mosquitoes carrying Malaria, Dengue Fever or other deadly diseases, you get a really cool T-shirt for yourself and 2 others to give away to those hard-to-buy-for entomologists on your Christmas shopping list (trust me, they’d love this)!<\/p>\n

Check out the video below further explaining the project, and then click over to Threadless.com<\/a> to donate today!<\/p>\n

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