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Celebrities and charities
Are there any celebrities you admire for their charity work?
Name the
celebrities and their charities.
Bono (Paul David Hewson) Charity Work, Events and Causes
Bonois an Irish singer, philanthropist, musician and capitalist.
He is famouslyknown for his role as the lead vocalist for the Rock
Band U2Bonois widelyknown for his activism on various issues
aecting Africa and other parts of theworld. Bonohas direct contact
with various world leaders and policy makersand he uses this
inuence to make the world a etter place.
Bono!s "rst inspiration towards charity work, events and causes
came in theyear #$%$. &he show, 'Return of &he (ecret
)olicemen!sBall', inspired him into his philanthropic ventures.
&he showwas aimed at creating awareness to &he *+ version
of
Amnesty International.
His "rst charity cause came in #$- when he collaoratedwith world
vision in the development of education programsin thiopia aimed at
creating awareness on etter health andhygiene. In the same year, he
also visited /icaragua and lsalvador with the aim to draw attention
to the variousconicts in the region.
Bonoalso participated in the "ght against apartheid in (outh
Africa. Heachieved this y participating in (teve van 0andt!s
initiative dued 'ArtistsAgainst Apartheid'. His single, '(ilver and
1old' was released at that time to
raise awareness against apartheid. He also participated in the
release ofanother single '(un 2ity' y (teve van 0andt!s for the
same cause. In #$$3,Bono, in collaoration with !he Ed"e held a
festival in Hamurg 1ermany thatwas directed towards the "ght
against racism.
Bono!s philanthropic work towards eradication of poverty in poor
countries hasseen him contriute in the creation various campaigns
such as #$Eca%&ai"n, EDU$ and D'!' #$E ca%&ai"n aims at
rallying Americans inthe "ght against world poverty and HI45AI6(.
EDU$,on the other hand, wasfounded y Bono and Ali Hewson in 7889
with the aim of creating sustainaleemployment in developing
countries. It speciali:es in ;rganic 2lothing, 1raphic
&ees, and co 2lothing.
In recognition of his contriution to making the world a etter
place, Bono hasreceived three nominations to the /oel )eace )ri:e
and was also made a+night in 788%. Bono is a huge contriutor to
charity causes and events andthis here is
