Buy a T-Shirt, Prevent Malaria

I’m not the most fashionable guy, but I love me a good graphic T-shirt, especially if it’s got an insect in the design. I’ve accumulated a fairly decent collection of shirts featuring all manner of insects and other nature nerdery, and proudly wear them each day to work/meetings/conferences/family functions/etc. A simple style, sure, but they usually get a smile out of people, and they’re super comfortable!

Which is why I absolutely LOVE a new campaign by the good people at Threadless.com (my favourite T-shirt vendor),  UNICEF, and New York artists Justin & Christine Gignac to raise money for humanitarian aid in the Horn of Africa.

It’s simple; make a donation to UNICEF to cover the exact cost of an aid item, and receive a cool t-shirt with the item you donated on the front. For example, donate $18.57 to cover the cost of an insecticide-treated mosquito net used to prevent Malaria transmission, and you’ll receive this entomologically AWESOME t-shirt!

Can you say win? 100% of the donation goes directly to UNICEF and is converted into the item you donated, and there is a wide variety of items you can donate, ranging in price from $18.57 for the mosquito net to $300,000 for a cargo flight full of relief. To sweeten the pot for a limited time, Threadless will ship you your shirts for free (even internationally) if you spend more than $50! So for $54 you could provide 3 families with a safe place to sleep free of mosquitoes carrying Malaria, Dengue Fever or other deadly diseases, you get a really cool T-shirt for yourself and 2 others to give away to those hard-to-buy-for entomologists on your Christmas shopping list (trust me, they’d love this)!

Check out the video below further explaining the project, and then click over to Threadless.com to donate today!

Good Shirts for the Horn of Africa from Threadless.com on Vimeo.

Good Shirts do good. The design on each shirt symbolizes the type of aid UNICEF is delivering in the Horn of Africa. 100% of your donation will go to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF to support life saving relief efforts for children. Good Shirts is a collaboration between UNICEF, BBH New York, and Threadless. Illustrations by Christine and Justin Gignac.

http://www.Threadless.com/UNICEF