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Mosquito Masher Game

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Created by Plan Canada, this malaria awareness game revolves around the idea of mashing enough mosquitoes to earn a real insecticide-treated mosquito-repellent bed net that will be distributed in Africa to save lives. The online game motivates people to help stop the spread of malaria, while also learning about it. According to Plan, players will earn points, collect power-ups, and learn interesting information about malaria and malaria prevention. For every player that earns 10,000 points, a real bed net will be donated by Plan Canada and Spread the Net. Spread the Net is a grassroots campaign designed to motivate, educate, and inspire Canadians to help end preventable malaria deaths by fundraising to support the purchase and distribution of bed nets.
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Plan Canada website on May 18 2012.