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David Beckham

Title Major League Soccer Player
Organization Los Angeles Galaxy

David Beckham is a founding member of the Malaria No More UK Leadership Council and a UNICEF goodwill ambassador. He is a professional soccer (football) player who currently plays for the American team LA Galaxy.

 

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Father’s Day 2011: No Father Should Lose His Family to Malaria

June 19, 2011 / David Beckham

Today is Father’s Day, and I’m with my family at our home in Los Angeles enjoying time together and looking forward to the arrival of our baby girl in just a few weeks. Being a parent is very rewarding, but as mums and dads everywhere know all too well, having kids certainly keeps you on your toes!

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  • "Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward." —Melinda Gates

  • The Global Fund has helped to deliver more than 190 million bed nets to protect families from malaria.

  • "The world faces a clear choice. If we invest relatively small amounts, many more poor farmers will be able to feed their families." —Bill Gates, 2012 Annual Letter

  • "When it come to global health, Bill and I are optimists—but we're impatient optimists. Tremendous progress is being made. But there is still so much we're impatient to see done." —Melinda French Gates

  • In Senegal, 80% of households now have a bed net, helping the number of malaria cases there drop 50% in a single year.

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