African Well Fund Launches 3rd Annual Bono Birthday Fundraiser!
The African Well Fund announces plans for its 3rd annual "Build a Well for Bono's Birthday" fundraising campaign. The African Well Fund is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization formed by U2 fans to raise money to build wells in Africa.
(PRWEB) March 23, 2005 -- The African Well Fund launches its 3rd Annual
“Build a Well For Bono’s Birthday,” on March 27. From March 27 to May 1, the
African Well Fund will be collecting donations in honor of Bono’s May 10th
birthday.
The African Well Fund was formed when fans of U2 responded to
the political activism of U2’s front man Bono, focusing specifically on the
issue of clean water access within the African continent. Setting Bono’s May
10th birthday as the focal point for fundraising, the African Well Fund’s
previous two birthday fundraisers have raised more than $25,000 to build wells
in Africa. The AWF will be campaigning throughout the month of April. Fans are
invited to visit www.africanwellfund.org for complete instructions on how to
donate. After donating, fans are invited to leave an online birthday message for
Bono. The messages will be collected and delivered to him, along with a “Well
Share” for the amount raised.
This year’s campaign is an especially
exciting one, as it coincides with the first leg of U2’s Vertigo tour. African
Well Fund volunteers will be out in force at all spring Vertigo tour dates
distributing information about the fundraiser. The African Well Fund is actively
seeking participation from tour city radio stations and collaboration with
pre-concert events to highlight this issue.
All donations from the
campaign go directly to Africare’s water project programs. 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 to focus
on one achievable goal: providing access to clean water for everyone in Africa.
The African Well Fund believes that access to clean water is not merely a basic
human need but a basic human right.
The African Well Fund is a registered
501(c)3 non-profit organization that was founded in 2002. Since that time, the
African Well Fund has raised over $70,000 to fund water projects. For more
information about these projects, please visit www.africanwellfund.org
and click on Our Wells.
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