Inspiring Gen Next

16-year-old Allyson Brown of Melbourne, FL was inspired to do something about Africa after an episode of Oprah in 2007. "I heard about Malaria No More and I decided to dedicate our school's Valentine's Day dance to raising money for mosquito nets," she recalls. She managed to raise more than $1,600 in a single night.

Inspired by Allyson's example, more than 250 high schools nationwide have planned their own Stayin' Alive events. And Allyson has helped promote the program in a Nick Kristof column in The New York Times and on MTV. "What's great is that young people get to have a real impact on the world and have fun doing it," she says.

To reach an even younger demographic, Malaria No More teamed up with Abbott Labs and Scholastic to produce and distribute educational materials about malaria to six million grade-school kids nationwide.

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