The sobering statistic is by now well known: Every 30 seconds a child dies from malaria. Yet, despite malaria being a preventable and treatable disease, it continues to ravage millions of people around the world, most of them situated in Africa. Local communities in developing countries are determined to eradicate the crippling threat of malaria, but making contact with large organizations that donate mosquito nets is challenging, and at times, entirely futile. This, however, hasn't deterred three Ugandan community based organizations from uniting their strengths and forging ahead with their fight to combat malaria. These communities have boldly launched an initiative from April 1 to 25 to roll back malaria in Uganda.

Is education in Africa changing as mobile telephony expands to rural areas and rates keep dropping?

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From the Assetmap.org/Uganda team,

Thanks EVERYONE who supported the Assetmap.org/Uganda project. It was inspiring for us to see the number of people who were excited about tools that would let them support community-led development efforts in this remarkable region. 

While experienced practitioners have long-known that the most impacting, sustainable development efforts are those led by local communities, its only been in the last few years that average citizens around the world have begun to have the resources they need to support these efforts. We believe with your support, Assetmap.org/Uganda can provide a vital toolset to support post-conflict rebuilding in Uganda. 

Just wanted to say a big "THANK YOU!" to everyone who has supported assetmap.org/uganda in the Netsquared Mashup Competition.

Its been especially great to see the number of Uganda focused organizations who've mobilized their communities to help develop a tool for collaboration. This is the type of community support we need to make this idea a reality.

Thanks finally to the Netsquared staff for putting on a great competition!

Could assetmap.org/uganda be used as a transition tool for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs? 

While the United Nations is routinely assailed for bureaucratic clunkiness, inefficiency, or even corruption, its important to recognize the absolutely vital role that its offices play in "complex man-made emergencies" (also known as "wars") and natural disaster relief.

Please support our project, Assetmap.org/Uganda in the Mashable competition. You can vote for us here:

http://www.netsquared.org/2008/conference/projects/assetmap-org-uganda

By mapping information about ongoing community-led philanthropic partnerships in northern Uganda, assetmap.org/uganda helps American citizens aggregate their resources to support post-conflict transformation.

We hope to facilitate collaboration among American donors and volunteers by providing a digital tool that: