Bonnie Wright asks that people “Join me in taking the challenge to help end extreme poverty!”

On Wednesday 1 February Harry Potter actress Bonnie Wright joined other elegantly dressed diners at a large dining table in Piccadilly Circus to launch Live Below the Line – a campaign that highlights the fact that globally, 1.4 billion people live below the poverty line. In the UK, this means existing on less than £1 a day.

Although at first glance the Piccadilly Circus diners looked as though they were enjoying an affluent al fresco dinner party, on closer inspection, they were being served only a tiny portion of raw vegetables.

The Challenge is now complete: Thanks to you we’ve accessed all the sponsor funds available to us and have raised a fantastic £26,627.81!

Between Monday 5 – Friday 9 December online donations to Malaria No More UK, that are made through The Big Give Christmas Challenge will be matched pound for pound by The Big Give and mosquito net manufacturer Vestergaard Frandsen.

Jemma Berwick in Ghana

On Day 4 of The Big Give Christmas Challenge, one of our supporters is keen to share why she wanted to donate this week.

Following yesterday’s “Big Giving” we had raised over £19,500 – a huge thank you to everyone who has helped achieve this. Matching funds are still available from 10am this morning but are running out quickly each day. If you would like to get your gift doubled then please click here as soon after 10am as possible to give.

On Monday Malaria No More UK supporter Jemma Berwick paid in some money she’d raised this Autumn:

Annemarie with James Frimpong, NMCP Programme Officer

On Day 3 of The Big Give Christmas Challenge, Annemarie Meyer, Malaria No More UK Programme and Policy Manager, shares news on how donations made online this week will be helping continue our work protecting the population of Ghana from malaria.

Thank you so much to everyone who has already donated through the Big Give Christmas Challenge, and to those of you who plan to give online at 10am today. So far we’ve raised over £18,000!

The money that you and other supporters are donating during this week’s Challenge, is going to help vital work that I saw firsthand on a recent visit to our partners in Ghana, West Africa.

Thank you so much to everyone who tried to double your gift this morning through the Big Give Christmas Challenge. Unfortunately so many generous people tried to donate online; the Big Give’s website experienced unexpected problems and had to be temporarily taken down.

The good news is that The Big Give site re-launches tomorrow, Tuesday 6 December at 10am!

As Malaria No More UK Leadership Council Member, I wanted to personally ask for your support during The Big Give Christmas Challenge – the impressive fundraising scheme that opens at 10am this morning and doubles donations to Malaria No More UK all this week.

Here’s a reminder how it works: Online donations made online here will be matched, pound for pound by The Big Give and by mosquito net manufacturer Vestergaard Frandsen, doubling your gift and impact in Africa. There’s a limited amount of matched funding available each day, so it’s important to donate as soon after 10am as possible. It’s really simple and inspiring to know that if you donate £25, Malaria No More UK can receive £50!

We are thrilled to announce that we are the beneficiary charity from ITV’s I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! The flagship show returns to our TV screens later this month raising funds and awareness to help fight malaria in Africa with 15p from every phone vote being donated to help save lives in Ghana.

This December when you donate online to Malaria No More UK through The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2011 your gift will be doubled.

We’ve been selected to be part of the Challenge, which runs from Monday 5 – Friday 9 December. We’re calling on all our supporters and friends to make a donation to us during Challenge Week on The Big Give website.

On 28 September, Charlotte and Usman, Faiths Act Fellows at Malaria No More UK, visited the St. Philip’s Centre, home of the Leicester Interfaith Youth Hub. The Hub was set up to bring together young people from across Leicester from different faith backgrounds and create a space in which they could work together to improve their local community and support causes with a global impact. It is as part of this second goal that they have been fundraising for Malaria No More UK since 2009.

Nigel & Damian in their Malaria No More UK t-shirts

A big cheer goes out to Jazz FM presenter Nigel Williams and his producer Damian Bamber who are stepping up their pace as they train for their half marathon in support of Malaria No More UK!

Nigel and Damian will be racing to raise funds to help save lives in the Royal Parks Half Marathon on 9 October. This 13.1 mile run crosses the heart of London and takes in four of the city’s most stunning parks – Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, Green Park and St James’s Park.