buy a book. save a life.

As a social worker and an activist, I wouldn't say, "Buy a book. Save a life." unless I believed we could literally save lives.  As an extremely busy person, I wouldn't agree to contribute to a book unless I believed in the power of the message.

I'm part of END MALARIA because I believe in it.

Every 45 seconds a child dies from malaria and it's very easy to fix - it's a matter of will. Are we willing to do it? Our goal is to end malaria in Africa by 2015. I think it's possible.

Here's the bottom line: 

I'm one of 62 contributors who were asked to write a short piece about the topic of Great Work – how to do more of the stuff that matters and less of all the other stuff that fills up your day. 

The book is End Malaria: Bold Innovation, Limitless Generosity, and the Opportunity to Save a Life.

The book costs $25 and $20 is going directly the cause - that’s 100% of the Kindle price, and 80% of the hard copy. The remaining $5 covers production costs. None of the contributors or the publishing house are taking any money from sales. Amazon makes NO profit.

$20 sends a mosquito net to a family in need and supports life-saving work in the fight against malaria.

The book is only available through amazon.com. 

End Malaria is edited by the awesome Michael Bungay Stanier and published by Seth Godin’s publishing house, The Domino Project. 

I'm proud to be part of this and I wanted to invite you to be a part of making malaria history! Buy a book or 20. I think it makes the perfect holiday gift - your family member/friend/co-worker gets a powerful book about doing great work, and a family in need receives a life-saving mosquito net. It's a wholehearted WIN!

Comments

[Eileen J]

Michael, Seth and now you...exactly the order you all came into my life too. :D I'm buying one.

[Julie Schultz]

Very cool!

[jude]

http://www.nothingbutnets.net/about-the-campaign/

I wonder if there is any connection of this effort with the above link/initiative..... Nothing But Nets does nothing but nets....and gets nets into the hands of the people who need them to avoid malaria...

[Donna]

ordered and on its way...can't wait to read it..wonderful project

[Lori greene]

Thank you! I got mine, thanks for the good work.

[Elizabeth Harper]

I'm in. I've bought one book and will likely buy more. Thanks for sharing your words and resources. You're always an inspiration! I sent a little message out into my reader universe today... hope it helps.

[Renee Williamson]

Just bought on my kindle! Looking forward to reading and saving a life at the same time! I tried to share on Facebook but they blocked it? Just thought you should know.

[Eric Mosley]

Hi Brene;

Two of my co-workers recently contracted malaria while in Ghana, one nearly died. And they were only there for two days! Anti-malarial drugs are expensive and do liver damage if used long term. Providing mosquito nets to everyone who is exposed every day to the threat of malaria sounds like a great idea to me, so I bought the book. Thank you for contributing to it, and thank you for letting people know about it.

[Sabina]

how wonderful - i will pass this along! happy friday!!

[Cat]

My husband's coworker recently died of malaria so I well know how serious this is. I just received the book yesterday and have dipped into it - it is wonderful. Thank you for sharing this. I wouldn't have known about it otherwise. Such a simple way to make a difference.

[Christine Ayling]

Bought the book last week immediately after getting your Ordinary Courage Blog post.
Can't wait to read it.
Bless your for continuing to have the courage to share your vulnerability with all of us so that we may develop the courage to be with ours and share it as well.