African Well Fund
Posted: 9/17/2005, 6:23 pm
I want you guys to check this out. I gave the link to Raine to put up on the OLP site under Links. My friends who play in NYC got me into this..
I just read that U2 have incorporated it into their Fall tour. Small world. here is the U2 story and the link for the site/ thier goal is to basically build wells in these villages so they have freah water instead of having to go miles to get it... Just thought I pass it along to you guys.
U2 link
http://www.interference.com/u2139317/index.html
site link/info
THE AFRICAN WELL FUND
The African Well Fund is a registered non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to raising funds for building and maintaining wells in Africa. It was formed in October 2002 by a group of U2 fans inspired by the media coverage of Bono’s May 2002 trip to Africa with then Secretary of U.S. Treasury, Paul O’Neill. Struck by the relatively low cost of building a well and the enormous difference that a well can make in the life of a village, they were convinced that raising the money to build a well was an easily achievable goal. It was from this conviction that the African Well Fund (AWF) was born. For more information on the African Well Fund please go to www.africanwellfund.org
I just read that U2 have incorporated it into their Fall tour. Small world. here is the U2 story and the link for the site/ thier goal is to basically build wells in these villages so they have freah water instead of having to go miles to get it... Just thought I pass it along to you guys.
U2 link
http://www.interference.com/u2139317/index.html
site link/info
THE AFRICAN WELL FUND
The African Well Fund is a registered non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to raising funds for building and maintaining wells in Africa. It was formed in October 2002 by a group of U2 fans inspired by the media coverage of Bono’s May 2002 trip to Africa with then Secretary of U.S. Treasury, Paul O’Neill. Struck by the relatively low cost of building a well and the enormous difference that a well can make in the life of a village, they were convinced that raising the money to build a well was an easily achievable goal. It was from this conviction that the African Well Fund (AWF) was born. For more information on the African Well Fund please go to www.africanwellfund.org