United Methodist Church and Lutheran Malaria Initiative

Imagine No Malaria is an initiative of the people of The United Methodist Church (UMC) to raise resources to help eliminate malaria deaths in Africa by 2015. With more than 11.5 million members across the globe, including a strong membership presence on the continent of Africa, the people of The United Methodist Church are working to engage the entire denomination in the fight against malaria to make a life-changing difference.

The Lutheran Malaria Initiative (LMI) is a movement led by Lutheran World Relief, The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod to mobilize the nearly 8 million U.S. Lutherans in the global fight against malaria.

Through fundraising campaigns and educational activities within the Methodist and Lutheran communities throughout the USA, both efforts will support United Methodist and Lutheran malaria projects and programs in Africa and establish a strategic partnership between The United Methodist Church, the Lutheran Malaria Initiative and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

The United Nations Foundation has been instrumental for both UMC’s Imagine No Malaria and the Lutheran Malaria Initiative both as advisor and as a facilitator for building the partnership with the Global Fund. The United Nations Foundation’s own Nothing But Nets initiative will also be a beneficiary of the resources raised through both campaigns.

“Imagine No Malaria is more than an opportunity for our members to contribute to a worthy cause. It is also an opportunity to learn about malaria. Our own UMC programs in Africa, programs supported by the Global Fund and the United Nations Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign will be key-beneficiaries of the resources raised through Imagine no Malaria.”
Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton Chair,
Imagine No Malaria Bishop, Western Pennsylvania Conference

“The United Nations Foundation’s partnership with the United Methodist Church’s Imagine No Malaria, the Lutheran Malaria Initiative and the Global Fund is an example of the collaborative approach needed to fight this global health menace – malaria.”
Elizabeth Gore,
Executive Director of Global Partnerships and Nothing But Nets United Nations Foundation