UNICEF Ambassador Alyssa Milano traveled to Kosovo in May to participate in the commemoration of World Children’s Day.

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Kate Weber is the director of NGO Partnerships at the U.S. Fund

The U.S. Fund for UNICEF has joined a unique social campaign to wipe out malaria in Africa one tweet at a time! (@Malaria_Envoy)

In honor of World Malaria Day, the United Nations Special Envoy for Malaria has assembled an impressive list of activists, social media luminaries and celebrities to inspire and activate their followers and fans in support of malaria control.

Here’s a short list of some of the 2010 social media envoys selected:

Alyssa Milano, Actress & UNICEF Ambassador Pete Wentz, Musician & UNICEF Tap Project Spokesperson Anderson Cooper, CNN Anchor Justine Ezarik ‘iJustine’, Internet Personality Bill and Melinda Gates on behalf of The Gates Foundation Arianna Huffington, Co-founder of the Huffington Post

Shaquille O’Neal, General Colin Powell, and Kevin Rose, Founder of Digg are also on board.

You can follow the effort on this Facebook page (www.facebook.com/MalariaEnvoy) which will not only raise awareness, but also raise funds for UNICEF anti-malarial programs worldwide.

Don’t wait for April 25, World Malaria Day…join the conversation today by sharing this blogpost. Together we can help control malaria – the number-one child killer in Africa.

Related articles

• UN Social Media Envoy to Raise Awareness for Malaria (mashable.com)
• Tweeting to end malaria deaths (one.org)

Last week, a group of U.S. Fund for UNICEF representatives and I joined UNICEF ambassador Alyssa Milano at the University of North Texas (UNT) to celebrate their winning the “ Help Us Save Some Lives” Campus Challenge, sponsored by the Association of College Unions International (ACUI) and the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF.

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