Chris Helfrich
Title
Director, Nothing But Nets campaign
Organization
United Nations Foundation
Chris Helfrich is the Director of the United Nations Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign, a global, grassroots effort to save lives by preventing malaria, a leading killer of children in Africa. As the father of two young sons, he hopes that in this generation parents will no longer have to worry about a deadly mosquito biting their children as they sleep.
Posts By Chris Helfrich
March 04, 2013 / Chris Helfrich
My unforgettable visit last week to Gihembe Refugee Camp in Rwanda with the United Nations Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign reinforced two things. One: Our collective work to fight malaria is paying off. Two: We still have a lot of work to do to
end malaria deaths for good.
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May 29, 2012 / Chris Helfrich
The spot where we had stopped in Kakuma Refugee Camp in northern Kenya wasn’t supposed to be anyone’s home. But nearly 8,000 people have flooded Kakuma since the beginning of the year ...
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