RED Distribution released the Indie Rocks! benefit album today, with 100% of the proceeds going to Malaria No More. The digital-download album is available exclusively through Amie Street until December 17th.

The digital-download album features Juliette Lewis, The Walkmen and Youssou N’Dour, plus an unreleased track from Third Eye Blind and an exclusive cover track from Peter, Bjorn, & John.

Tamara Horton, our partner in this venture, and her colleagues came to us with this brilliant idea because she decided that “…rather than using our connections for great seats and backstage access, let’s use them in a way that will impact many, many others in a positive light for years to come. I’ve always been a fan of Malaria No More (thanks to the boys at FC Barcelona for bringing them on my radar!) and decided to reach out to them with our idea…”

And thus, a match made in music and humanitarian heaven was made. Every $10 album will help Malaria No More empower families in Africa to protect themselves and their children from the bite of a malarial mosquito by providing access to mosquito nets and effective medicines.

Learn more about the album and buy your copy today or give it as a holiday gift! There’s nothing better than giving the gift of music and helping to save lives at the same time. Children sleeping safely? That’s music to our ears…

Malaria No More supporter and American Idol alum, Melinda Doolittle, is making her debut in the Big Apple!

After traveling to Zambia, raising funds through her album Coming Back To You and supporting Miles To End Malaria, Melinda will perform at Feinstein’s nightclub November 17^th through 21^st. And we’re proud to show our support for one of MNM’s biggest stars!

To show your support for one of our biggest supporters, purchase your tickets at Feinstein here.

The brilliant folks over at RED distribution have recorded a complication to support Malaria No More called “Indie Rocks! A Benefit Album For Malaria No More”. The album  is comprised of 14 songs from artists including Juliette Lewis, The Walkmen and Youssou N’Dour, in addition to an exclusive unreleased live track from Third Eye Blind and an exclusive cover track from Peter, Bjorn, & John.

The digital-only release will be available on November 17th exclusively through Amie Street—and RED and Amie Street will be donating 100% of the proceeds to Malaria No More. The digital-download album is $10, the same cost as a mosquito net that will help families in Africa protect their children from malaria.

Be sure to check back here or at Amie Street to download your copy starting next week!

We’ve recently been nominated for a ThinkSocial Award for our efforts around the Twitter Challenge with Ashton (@aplusk) leading up to World Malaria Day – remember that?!

Public voting opened yesterday and we’re quickly climbing the ranks to victory – and we need your help to ensure we get there! To show your support, visit our page on ThinkSocial and cast your vote. You can sign in through your email, Twitter handle, Facebook and MySpace accounts.

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MNM's Scott Case and Driver David Brabham Show off the Car and the Nets!

This weekend, the boys over at Patron Highcroft Racing took the American Le Mans Series Championship! Congrats to drivers David Brabham and Scott Sharp, owner Duncan Dayton and COO Bryan MacDonald and the entire Highcroft team for their well-deserved victory!

And thanks to the Miles To End Malaria program, Highcroft’s win was a win against malaria as well. Right after the race, as the champagne started flowing, the team presented Malaria No More with a check for $63,133.13—enough to protect more than 1200 kids from malaria with life-saving mosquito nets.

The team worked all season to kick the malaria fight into high-gear, filming a PSA, participating in a charity auction and handing out with Melinda Doolittle to raise awareness.

Many thanks to the team for helping highlight the fight against malaria throughout the season and using their speed to accelerate the race to end malaria deaths.

Go Champs!

American Idol announced today that it will host the third-ever “Idol Gives Back” charity special on April 21, 2010 — and Malaria No More has been chosen as a beneficiary!!!

“Idol Gives Back” has raised millions of dollars to help fight malaria and shown millions of Idol fans across the country that every individual can be a hero in the fight against malaria.

Thanks to Idol and the generous sponsorship of ExxonMobil, we have distributed mosquito nets in Uganda, Zambia, Angola, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and strengthened our programs in Africa to save lives.

We have traveled to Africa with Idol alums Jordin Sparks and Melinda Doolittle and worked with Elliott Yamin and Brooke White to help raise awareness.

We’re looking forward to another great “Idol Gives Back” in 2010!

Belinda Stronach, Canadian powerhouse and Chair of Malaria No More Canada, was featured in this month’s MORE Canada. In a candid interview, she discusses why she’s comfortable in her own skin, including raising 600,000 bed nets for UNICEF and MNM and toughing it out in an Ethiopian hotel for the cause.

You can read the full article on the MORE Website here.

In 2006, Belinda co-founded Spread the Net, a national grassroots fundraising campaign with Canadian television personality Rick Mercer. Inspired by the devastating effects of malaria observed on a trip to Africa in 2005, Belinda and Rick launched Spread the Net in partnership with UNICEF Canada to raise awareness and funds to combat death from malaria.

Saint Isabel Orphanage and School (OSCI) in Luanda, Angola was recently awarded a $100,000 grant from ExxonMobil to help improve their facilities to better fight malaria and protect the children that stay there.

In addition, and in conjunction with American Idol finalist Elliott Yamin’s performance at the 1st Annual Washington Ideas Forum today, the ExxonMobil grant will also cover the launch of an art-based malaria prevention education program at OSCI.

Elliot, a champion in the fight against malaria, said:
When I visited Angola as part of Idol Gives Back, I saw how devastating malaria is in Africa and that there are some basic actions we can take to save lives. Saint Isabel provides hope and new lives for the children of Luanda, and I am very honored to support its efforts.

ExxonMobil does a lot of amazing work in the malaria space and we’re proud to work closely with them to end malaria deaths in Africa. Thanks to their support through American Idol’s Idol Gives Back, we’ve been able to expand our programs in Africa by strengthening country capacity and improving the delivery and use of malaria interventions.

We’ll continue to track the progress being made at OCSI and you can too by visiting their site.

Melinda & Brabs

This weekend, I had the huge pleasure of traveling to Road Atlanta with American Idol alum—and Malaria No More supporter extraordinaire—Melinda Doolittle. Melinda was on hand to cheer the Patron Highcroft Race team and support their Miles To End Malaria program. During Saturday’s race, the team crossed the $50,000 fundraising mark and are still accepting donations at MilesToEndMalaria.org as they get ready for the last race of the season on October 10th in California.

The weekend was packed-full with drama. First, Highcroft suffered a crash during a practice run on Thursday. Luckily, no one was hurt and the team rebuilt the car, from the ground up, in 24 hours. The team effort was astounding!

Melinda joined us on Saturday morning to sing the national anthem (beautifully) and wave the green flag to signal the start of the race. We then slipped into fire suits and joined the team in the pit lane—an amazing experience.

To cap it off, Patron Highcroft Racing earned enough championship points to stay at the top of the leader board heading into the last race of the ALMS season.

Vote for your favorite American Le Mans Series star for the annual “From the Fans” award! There are five people up for consideration for “who made the biggest impact this year?” award and one of them is Patron Highcroft Racing’s own Duncan Dayton!

Duncan is not only the owner of the first-place team, he is also one of the driving forces (pun absolutely intended) behind the Miles To End Malaria campaign. The program has raised nearly $50,000 to fight malaria in Africa, saving lives with every lap around the track!

Duncan is making impact both on and off the grid—if there were a “From the Humanitarians” award, he’d be a shoo-in! Help us give Duncan the recognition he deserves and vote today. You can also vote for favorite driver—both Scott Sharp and David Brabham have been nominated. We can’t choose between these two great guys…they’re both favorites of Malaria No More’s!