(08-25-2005) 2005 Bono Birthday Wells to be Built in Angola - AWF*

The friendliest place on the web for anyone that follows U2.
If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.

HelloAngel

ONE love, blood, life
Joined
Sep 22, 2001
Messages
14,534
Location
new york city
2005 Bono Birthday Wells to be Built in Angola


The African Well Fund has recently posted an update on www.africanwellfund.org with information about wells that will be built in Angola with money raised by U2 fans in honor of Bono's birthday.

(PRWEB) August 25, 2005 -- The African Well Fund recently posted information on its website about the wells that will be built with contributions from this year’s Build a Well for Bono’s Birthday campaign. The funds will be used to fund water projects in the Trumba communa located in the Kuito municipality in the Bie province of Angola.

The 3rd annual fundraising drive ran throughout April and early May and raised more than $26,000. The money will be used for spring protection in Trumba which is located in the central highlands of Angola. Seven springs have been identified for protection. Each spring will supply water to about 50 families (250) people. One of the springs will also supply water to a school and a health post. For more detailed information about the project as well as pictures of the present conditions there, please visit http://www.africanwellfund.org/2005-well-sites.html.

Also available on our website are updated reports on the wells funded by the 2004 Build a Well for Bono’s birthday campaign. The 2004 funds have been used in the Ntungamo district of Uganda to fund 21 water projects including gravitated spring tanks, rainwater tanks and hand dug wells. A hand dug well in the Gaburira village serves not only 420 community members but also the 800 pupils of the near-by Rugarama Primary School. The Bakiharire well in the Rukoni sub-county serves a population of over 500 people living along the Rwanda-Uganda border thereby providing safe, clean water access for both Ugandan and Rwandan populations in the area.

Donations to the African Well Fund support Africare’s clean water projects in Africa. Africare is one of the leading private, non-profit charitable U.S. organizations assisting Africa. For more information please visit www.africare.org. The African Well Fund was founded in 2003 by a group of U2 fans to focus on one achievable goal: providing access to clean water. Since its inception, AWF has raised more than $115,000 towards this goal. The African Well Fund believes that access to clean water is a basic human right. For more information on how to help, please visit www.africanwellfund.org.

# # #

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/8/prwebxml276384.php
 
Just to tag on to this,

African Well Fund "Where You Live Should Not Decide" T-shirts

Bono wears his heart on his sleeve, what about U2 fans? AWF has just placed an order for these screen printed tee's that include the lyric from "Crumbs from your table" from American Apparel (the same company that U2 uses for their 2005 Vertigo Tour tees). These shirts are sweatshop free, made in the USA, and 100% good quality cotton. The shirts are not through Cafe Press which we had previously used, for a quick transfer printing due to demand last spring.

You can support the African Well Fund, and contribute to our goal of providing clean water to all of Africa by purchasing a t-shirt this fall. Wear your shirt to the U2 concert!

Maybe if U2 sees enough of these t-shirts in the audience, they'll actually play the song!!

Check out the shirts here : http://www.africanwellfund.org/merchandise.html

wyl-ringer.jpg
 
Last edited:
Like sue4u2, I bought two of these t-shirts and they are wonderful.

On the back of the shirt, there is a list of countries in the world which shows the great disparity in clean water sources between the developed and developing world.

It really makes one want to DO MORE to help provide clean water sources for Africa. :yes:
 
Wonderful news Bono is a great humanitarian, he ispires me to want to do more.:up:
 
Back
Top Bottom