List every charity/cause Bono has ever been involved with

[Chizip]

I'm curious to see if we can compile a comprehensive list of all of Bono's good work

 

[Aardvark747]

Stand by for a mega long thread!

 

[corianderstem]

Getting rid of his mullet!

That counts, right? I know it helped me a lot.

 

[Chizip]

ummmm

Amnesty International
DATA
ONE
Make Poverty History
Edun
Music Rising
RED

ok there's 1000 more, add to the list people

 

[Queen Bee]

Getting my post in before Jamila shows up.

 

[JCOSTER]

Stellafield
Cherynobel
Samaritans Purse
Worldvision

 

[corianderstem]

Were they involved with Rock the Vote at all?

 

[phillyfan26]

Something with Mandela...?

 

[Queen Bee]

• (RED)
• 46664
• African Children's Choir
• African Well Fund
• Amnesty International
• Band Aid
• Chernobyl Children's Project
• DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa)
• Edun
• Greenpeace
• Irish Hospice Fund
• Jubilee Debt Campaign
• Live Aid
• Live 8
• Make Poverty History
• Music Rising
• NetAid
• The ONE Campaign
• Samaritan's Purse
• Self Aid
• Sellafield
• Special Olympics
• TASO
• War Child
• World Vision

 

[Liesje]

TASO
African Children's Choir
NetAid (I think?)

 

[Chizip]

you took out music rising

i know its mostly the edges thing, but considering bono helped record a song and performed it at a football game, we can say he was involved with that charity

 

[U2Man]

oprah winfrey

 

[Queen Bee]

I don't know about you, but U2's work with Stellafield and Cherynobel inspired me to change the world.

 

[blueeyedgirl]

 

[corianderstem]

Oh now, that's just kind of mean.

 

[Liesje]

Nice update.

Wasn't his stint in Ethiopia through Oxfam? or was it World Vision?

eh, either way this should count:

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/where_we_work/mali/bono_trip.htm

 

[biff]

Nice update.

Wasn't his stint in Ethiopia through Oxfam? or was it World Vision?

eh, either way this should count:

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/where_we_work/mali/bono_trip.htm

It was World Vision.

Three more: Self Aid (that one kind of back fired)
Special Olympics
Irish Hospice Fund

 

[fca780]

Bono supports a lot Blood:Water Mission, a non-profit organization founded by the members of the christian band Jars of Clay. Blood:Water is also partner with the One Campaign.
www.bloodwatermission.org
www.jarsofclay.com

 

[popacrobat]

i posted a thread similar to this in may when i was doing my research paper and it got sent to the depths of pleba to die a horrible death.

 

[CPTLCTYGOOFBALL]

He tried to save the yuppies back in 87.

 

[Carek1230]

• (RED)
• 46664
• African Children's Choir
• African Well Fund
• Amnesty International
• Band Aid
• Chernobyl Children's Project
• DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa)
• Edun
• Greenpeace
• Irish Hospice Fund
• Jubilee Debt Campaign
• Live Aid
• Live 8
• Make Poverty History
• Music Rising
• NetAid
• The ONE Campaign
• Samaritan's Purse
• Self Aid
• Sellafield
• Special Olympics
• TASO
• War Child
• World Vision

'Nuff said right there in that list, even alphabetized. Amazing work this one man has been involved in.

He also tried to Stop the Traffic in SF with that graffiti incident on the fountain ROCK AND ROLL STOP THE TRAFFIC. I wish SOMEONE could really stop the traffic. I hate traffic.

 

[Val]

'Nuff said right there in that list, even alphabetized. Amazing work this one man has been involved in.

He also tried to Stop the Traffic in SF with that graffiti incident on the fountain ROCK AND ROLL STOP THE TRAFFIC. I wish SOMEONE could really stop the traffic. I hate traffic.

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