Bed NettingI happen to catch the Colbert Report the other day and he had a guest on who was promoting a foundation called "Nothing But Nets." Apparently almost 3,000 people in Africa die from malaria every day… EVERY DAY! Now I’m not a bleeding heart, nor am I someone who gets behind every cause to come along, but that number is astounding to me.

The foundation works by distributing sleeping nets to families which can protect them for up to 4 years. It’s only $10 per net, which includes installation, so I bought a bunch of them. I don’t know about you, but getting bitten by mosquitoes while you try to sleep is bad enough — let alone worrying about dying from it.

If you can manage $10, I’d encourage you to go for it. Seriously, how hard is it to skip starbucks for two days?