Comments on: 10 Bucks to Save a Life http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life Rants and musings about things political, philosophical, and religious. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:51:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lucia http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3866 Lucia Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:19:15 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3866 In times like this I wish I wasn't saving every penny to help my sister. In times like this I wish I wasn’t saving every penny to help my sister.

]]> By: Connor http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3865 Connor Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:05:02 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3865 <em>Then he will stop blogging.</em> Don't count on it. :) Then he will stop blogging.

Don’t count on it. :)

]]> By: Some Dude http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3864 Some Dude Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:02:35 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3864 No, actually, it is the Constitutionalist Chick Farm. I donate hoping some day Connor will get a date with a petite brunette that is a borderline libertarian but total constitutionalist who is also a card carrying member of the JBS. Then he will stop blogging. No, actually, it is the Constitutionalist Chick Farm. I donate hoping some day Connor will get a date with a petite brunette that is a borderline libertarian but total constitutionalist who is also a card carrying member of the JBS. Then he will stop blogging.

]]> By: John Anderson http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3863 John Anderson Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:54:18 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3863 Hopefully CCF stands for Common Courtesy Foundation or Clandestine Coward Floggers. Hopefully CCF stands for Common Courtesy Foundation or Clandestine Coward Floggers.

]]> By: Some Dude http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3862 Some Dude Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:32:12 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3862 Well good for you Connor, that is the the cost of like 5 dates for you. I am impressed. I have sent zero, and will continue sending that many. But, then, I dont go around telling people to donate to it. Me? I prefer CCF, thanks. Well good for you Connor, that is the the cost of like 5 dates for you. I am impressed. I have sent zero, and will continue sending that many. But, then, I dont go around telling people to donate to it. Me? I prefer CCF, thanks.

]]> By: John Anderson http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3857 John Anderson Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:57:19 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3857 @Suma & C Jones Thanks for the clarification. @Suma & C Jones

Thanks for the clarification.

]]> By: Connor http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3856 Connor Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:45:10 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3856 <strong>Some Dude</strong>, I've sent two. I try not to preach what I don't practice myself. Have <em>you</em> purchased any? :) Some Dude,

I’ve sent two. I try not to preach what I don’t practice myself. Have you purchased any? :)

]]> By: Some Dude http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3855 Some Dude Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:36:46 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3855 So, Connor, how many of these nets have you sent? Or are you doing your share by providing free advertising? So, Connor, how many of these nets have you sent? Or are you doing your share by providing free advertising?

]]> By: Suma http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3853 Suma Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:32:04 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3853 Hi Thanks for your post Connor. About the $10 price, as you rightly say, the ten dollars are to purchase and dsitribute a net, and educate people about its use. A net costs 5-7$ and the rest goes into shipping the nets to Africa and distributing them to the end users. As for the size, it can hold more than a single child, and as it is the case in Africa (and many developing countries), a bed is occupied by more than one child. Thank you Suma Website/Online Community Manager Nothing But Nets www.nothingbutnets.net Hi
Thanks for your post Connor. About the $10 price, as you rightly say, the ten dollars are to purchase and dsitribute a net, and educate people about its use. A net costs 5-7$ and the rest goes into shipping the nets to Africa and distributing them to the end users. As for the size, it can hold more than a single child, and as it is the case in Africa (and many developing countries), a bed is occupied by more than one child.

Thank you
Suma
Website/Online Community Manager
Nothing But Nets
http://www.nothingbutnets.net

]]> By: C Jones http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3837 C Jones Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:15:41 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3837 Thanks Connor. I would encourage anyone who is interested in this project to watch this video for a glimpse of how the money is being used: http://www.nothingbutnets.net/node/97 Thanks Connor. I would encourage anyone who is interested in this project to watch this video for a glimpse of how the money is being used: http://www.nothingbutnets.net/node/97

]]> By: Connor http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3833 Connor Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:35:07 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3833 The website says that the $10 goes to buy a net, deliver it, and educate the family on its use. I don't mind paying a couple extra bucks to get the net to Africa and inform the families on how to use it. Also, I don't think they use infant mosquito nets - the pictures I've seen seem to show that they're at least big enough for a twin, if not a queen bed. They're fairly large. The website says that the $10 goes to buy a net, deliver it, and educate the family on its use. I don’t mind paying a couple extra bucks to get the net to Africa and inform the families on how to use it.

Also, I don’t think they use infant mosquito nets – the pictures I’ve seen seem to show that they’re at least big enough for a twin, if not a queen bed. They’re fairly large.

]]> By: Top of the Mountains » Blog Archive » Malaria kills http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3832 Top of the Mountains » Blog Archive » Malaria kills Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:29:21 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3832 [...] From Connor’s blog, I came across Nothing But Nets, a group dedicating to help stop malaria: Despite the magnitude of the problem, there is a simple and cost-effective solution to prevent malaria deaths. For just $10, we can purchase a bed net, deliver it to a family, and explain its use. Bed nets work by creating a protective barrier against mosquitoes at night, when the vast majority of transmissions occur. A family of four can sleep under an insecticide-treated bed net, safe from malaria, for up to four years. The benefits of bed nets extend even further than the family. When enough nets are used, the insecticide used to deter mosquitoes makes entire communities safer—including even those individuals who do not have nets. [...] [...] From Connor’s blog, I came across Nothing But Nets, a group dedicating to help stop malaria: Despite the magnitude of the problem, there is a simple and cost-effective solution to prevent malaria deaths. For just $10, we can purchase a bed net, deliver it to a family, and explain its use. Bed nets work by creating a protective barrier against mosquitoes at night, when the vast majority of transmissions occur. A family of four can sleep under an insecticide-treated bed net, safe from malaria, for up to four years. The benefits of bed nets extend even further than the family. When enough nets are used, the insecticide used to deter mosquitoes makes entire communities safer—including even those individuals who do not have nets. [...]

]]> By: John Anderson http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3829 John Anderson Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:47:50 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3829 I guess I should clarify: $10 isn't steep to save a life, but its pricey for a mosquito net. :) My concern is that only $5 (or less?) of my $10 actually goes towards the life-saving. I guess I should clarify: $10 isn’t steep to save a life, but its pricey for a mosquito net. :)

My concern is that only $5 (or less?) of my $10 actually goes towards the life-saving.

]]> By: John Anderson http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3828 John Anderson Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:45:29 +0000 http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/10-bucks-to-save-a-life#comment-3828 $10 seems a little steep to me. A quick <a href="http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=infant+mosquito+net&btnG=Search&lmode=online&scoring=p" rel="nofollow">froogle search</a> shows a commercial infant net costing more like $2-5. You'd think they'd be able to swing a deal when buying and shipping them, too. :o/ $10 seems a little steep to me.

A quick froogle search shows a commercial infant net costing more like $2-5.

You’d think they’d be able to swing a deal when buying and shipping them, too.

:o/

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