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African Well Fund Launches Seventh Build a Well for Bono's Birthday Fundraiser
Non-profit challenges U2 fans to change the world in 70 days
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- March 2, 2009 -- For the seventh straight year, the African Well Fund is giving U2 fans the opportunity to change the world in honor of Bono's May 10 birthday. The nonprofit is using the 70 days between the release of U2's new album "No Line on the Horizon" and Bono's birthday to collect money to fund water projects in Liberia.
This year, the African Well Fund is selling limited-edition T-shirts and buttons to raise money for the birthday well that feature this year's "70 Days to Change the World" theme. Donations can also be made to the birthday well through the African Well Fund's Build a Well for Bono's Birthday page. As in years past, donors will be invited to leave birthday wishes for Bono on a virtual card that will be forwarded to Principle Management.
The 2009 Build a Well for Bono's Birthday fundraiser will benefit a water, health and hygiene improvement project in Liberia. Administered by AWF partner organization Africare, the completed project will increase access to safe drinking water and improve sanitation and hygiene for communities in selected districts of Nimba County, benefiting
about 7,000 people. Learn more about the project
here.
Access to safe drinking water remains out of reach for over 67 percent of Liberian households, with almost 76 percent having inadequate sanitation. Many communities in Nimba County do not have access to safe drinking water because they never had water and sanitation facilities, or they were pillaged or fell into disrepair during civil conflict that impacted Liberia for 14 years, according to Africare.
Over the last seven years, U2 fans have donated more than $143,000 to Build a Well for Bono's Birthday fundraisers. This money has funded projects in Angola, Ethiopia, Uganda and Zimbabwe that have benefited approximately 21,000 people.
The African Well Fund is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was founded in 2002 by a group of U2 fans. Since that time, the African Well Fund has raised more than $682,000, which has been used to fund more than 120 clean water projects in sub-Saharan Africa. All donations to the
African Well Fund go directly to Africare, one of the leading private, non-profit, charitable organizations assisting Africa. The African Well Fund was founded to focus on one achievable goal: providing access to clean water to everyone in Africa. The African Well Fund believes that
access to water is not merely a basic human need but a basic human right.
Non-profit challenges U2 fans to change the world in 70 days
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- March 2, 2009 -- For the seventh straight year, the African Well Fund is giving U2 fans the opportunity to change the world in honor of Bono's May 10 birthday. The nonprofit is using the 70 days between the release of U2's new album "No Line on the Horizon" and Bono's birthday to collect money to fund water projects in Liberia.
This year, the African Well Fund is selling limited-edition T-shirts and buttons to raise money for the birthday well that feature this year's "70 Days to Change the World" theme. Donations can also be made to the birthday well through the African Well Fund's Build a Well for Bono's Birthday page. As in years past, donors will be invited to leave birthday wishes for Bono on a virtual card that will be forwarded to Principle Management.
The 2009 Build a Well for Bono's Birthday fundraiser will benefit a water, health and hygiene improvement project in Liberia. Administered by AWF partner organization Africare, the completed project will increase access to safe drinking water and improve sanitation and hygiene for communities in selected districts of Nimba County, benefiting
about 7,000 people. Learn more about the project
here.
Access to safe drinking water remains out of reach for over 67 percent of Liberian households, with almost 76 percent having inadequate sanitation. Many communities in Nimba County do not have access to safe drinking water because they never had water and sanitation facilities, or they were pillaged or fell into disrepair during civil conflict that impacted Liberia for 14 years, according to Africare.
Over the last seven years, U2 fans have donated more than $143,000 to Build a Well for Bono's Birthday fundraisers. This money has funded projects in Angola, Ethiopia, Uganda and Zimbabwe that have benefited approximately 21,000 people.
The African Well Fund is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was founded in 2002 by a group of U2 fans. Since that time, the African Well Fund has raised more than $682,000, which has been used to fund more than 120 clean water projects in sub-Saharan Africa. All donations to the
African Well Fund go directly to Africare, one of the leading private, non-profit, charitable organizations assisting Africa. The African Well Fund was founded to focus on one achievable goal: providing access to clean water to everyone in Africa. The African Well Fund believes that
access to water is not merely a basic human need but a basic human right.