by Julie Shrewsbury | Jan 24, 2011 | News Slider
Good singers, hilarious dance moves and raw talent came together and made for a great and side-splitting show last Friday and Saturday nights in Collins Alumni Auditorium. The Anteaters’ Ball is far from your typical experience. With styles ranging from Christian hymns and Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles,” to Spanish songs such as “Looking for Paradise” and a saxophone solo, each performance left the audience in stitches or in awe, excited to see what was coming next. As if the name Anteaters’ Ball doesn’t give way to the uniqueness of the performance, upon entering the double doors you realize this is a show like no other. A $5 donation was suggested, serving as the entry fee, with proceeds going to help raise awareness and prevent the spread of Malaria in Africa. The two service clubs partnered with a non-profit organization called Global Health Innovations for this year’s production. This organization designs, implements and manages medical programs focused on providing solutions to save lives one village at a time. Brad Gautney, president and medical director of Global Health Innovations and an Abilene Christian University graduate, spoke to the crowd during intermission. “In areas such as Kenya, Malawi and Haiti, where we do the majority of our work, we see so many children and adults dying needlessly from Malaria,” Gautney said. “This disease can not only be prevented, but also cured after someone is infected. We have a heart for these children and their families, and from that stems our hard work to raise awareness and beat this awful disease.” Right before intermission they showed a video that allowed the audience...
by Jake Morgan | Apr 15, 2010 | Opinion
In 2008, The World Health Organization (WHO) reported “half of the world’s population is at risk of malaria, and an estimated 243 million cases led to an estimated 863,000 deaths.” Hundreds of thousands of people died at the hands of a completely preventable disease! Shocking, isn’t it? The carrier you may ask? A simple, small, stealthy female anopheles mosquito. Recently, filmmaker Bobby Bailey, founder of Invisible Children, led a team to the African country of Uganda to learn the truth about malaria. Here in the U.S., we typically don’t give malaria a second thought, because our country eradicated this plague 50 years ago through the The National Malaria Eradication Program. However, when night falls over the continent of Africa, this nightmare lives on. Every night our brothers and sisters in Uganda fall asleep in fear that they may very well awaken as the newest victim of the malaria pandemic. During Bobby’s time in Africa, he used the art of film to create “When The Night Comes“, a documentary that exposes the alarming reality of malaria while offering a solution to the world’s greatest killer. In comes The Brave. This trendy, new grassroots organization founded by Bobby Bailey, “embodies an idea that transcends borders, allowing powerful individuals to step into the story and affect those in need.” The Brave has taken the lead, along with the United Nations Foundation and Nothing But Nets, to Unite Against Malaria. The goal – to let people around the world know that the threat of malaria is real, and that we can bring this beast to an end. Through the United Against Malaria campaign,...
