(02-20-2006) Bono to donate guitar to Brazil hunger programme - Ireland Online*

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Bono to donate guitar to Brazil hunger programme

Rock star and activist Bono will donate one of his guitars to Brazil’s Zero Hunger campaign, Agencia Brasil, the government’s official news agency said today.

The guitar will be donated to the government after Bono’s February 20-21 concerts in Sao Paulo’s huge Morumbi soccer stadium. It will then be auctioned to collect funds for the programme aimed at ensuring that all Brazilians will have three meals a day by the end of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s term on December 31.

The presidential press office said it did not know when nor how the auction will take place.

In March 2005, American Lenny Kravitz donated one of the guitars used in his first Latin American tour. Its subsequent auction brought in £75,800 (€110,000).

The idea to donate a guitar emerged yesterday when Bono, on tour with U2, met with Silva at the Granja do Torto presidential resort, 20 miles from downtown Brasilia.

During that meeting, Silva talked about his government’s efforts to reduce hunger and develop renewable energy sources.

Silva’s government seeks to expand Brazil’s use of a biodiesel fuel based on sunflower, soybeans and seeds of tropical fruits.

© Thomas Crosbie Media, 2006.
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