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.

Canada’s Spread the Net marks World Malaria Day on April 25th with the exciting announcement that Jim Brennan, captain of the Toronto FC, has joined the campaign as the newest ambassador and the latest prominent Canadian working to save lives and eradicate malaria.

Spread the Net and Malaria No More Canada are both initiatives of The Belinda Stronach Foundation.

“The global campaign to fight the disease is growing,” said Belinda Stronach, chair of Malaria No More Canada. “It’s up to us to do our part. When something as simple and inexpensive as a $10 bed net can save lives, we can’t afford not to be part of the solution.”

Check out more about fighting malaria north of the border at www.malarianomore.ca.