GET WELL WISHES FOR BONO - 5/25/2010

We would like to extend our
Get Well Wishes to Bono
as he recovers from emergency
spinal surgery.

On behalf of ALL 3,000 & more "friends, fans and followers" on the Bono Street Team Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Cause Page we wish Bono the best as he recuperates and starts rehabilitation.

Rest well and take your time Bono and know that all YOUR Street Team cares about you and that you are in our thoughts and prayers.

~ Dion

AFRICA DAY - Peace and Security in Africa 5/25/2010

Africa Day marks the founding in 1963 of the Organization of African Unity, now known as the African Union, provides an annual opportunity to reflect on the challenges, such as armed conflict, climate change and poverty as well as the achievements of the Governments and peoples of Africa. The African Union has chosen the theme “Building and Sustaining Peace through Sports” to mark this year’s commemoration.








"On this Africa Day, let us rededicate ourselves to fruitful partnerships in pursuit of peace and sustainable progress for all the continent’s people." - By Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General May 25, 2010

To learn more on Africa Day, please visit the official website located at -
http://www.africaday.info/

The Global Fund: Together We Can Do Great Things - VIDEO 5/18/2010

The Global Fund: Together We Can Do Great Things -

Please watch this informative and inspiring short film about The Global Fund working to defeat the three diseases AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Featuring Kofi Annan, Ban Ki-moon, Bono, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Bill Gates, and Michel Kazatchkine.




See the original film at The Global Fund Website located at -
http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/globalfundvideo/

Press Release -
http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/pressreleases/?pr=pr_100514

The Global Fund Facebook -
http://www.facebook.com/theglobalfund

Follow the Global Fund on Twitter -
http://twitter.com/globalfundnews

Follow Executive Director, Michel Kazatchkine on Twitter -
http://twitter.com/Kazatchkine

"8 goals for Africa" - 5/14/2010

"8 goals for Africa" is a song and call to action to achieve MDGs



Eight of Africa's best known musical talents are lending their voices in support of a UN campaign in South Africa to encourage commitment to the achievement of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

One for each MDG, the artists came from across the continent to record 8 goals for Africa last April in Cape Town.

The ‘8 GOALS FOR AFRICA’ music video will be screened throughout the World Cup, across all the Fan Parks and Public Viewing areas. On the day of the finals, all 8 artists will come together to sing the song in a live performance at the Soccer City Fan Fest in Johannesburg. The video will also be distributed globally to other partners such as television channels, multimedia partners among others.

The song was produced by world-renowned music producer, Arthur Baker, with music composed by Jimmy Dludlu (South Africa), and by Eric Wainaina (Kenya).

The participating artists are: Yvonne Chaka Chaka (South Africa), Angelique Kidjo (Benin), Oliver Mutukudzi (Zimbabwe), Mingas (Mozambique), Eric Wainaina (Kenya), HHP (South Africa), Baba Maal (Senegal), and the Soweto Gospel Choir (South Africa). Hugh Masekela (South Africa) and Jimmy Dludlu (South Africa) are two of the instrumentalists.

Some of the above artists are already involved in global and regional anti-poverty campaigns (Global Stand Up Against Poverty, African Stand Up Against Poverty and Free the Hungry Billion programmes) and some are already UN goodwill ambassadors.

The song and music video are available free of charge at the 8 Goals for Africa website.


8 Goals for Africa website:
http://www.8goalsforafrica.org/

MDGs website:
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

8 Goals Away - Lyrics

Music by Jimmy Dludlu, Lyrics by Eric Wainaina

VERSE 1

People working for less than a dollar a day

And there’s no answer to the hunger

And the poverty never seems to go away

They’re asking how much longer?

VERSE 2

Let the children go to school

Let there be no reason

They can’t get an education

I see the beautiful minds coming

From miles and miles like butterflies

Let’s feed the thirst in their eyes

CHORUS

Time is tick, tick, ticking

It’s ticking away

Hear the call for a through-ball

Yes! A luta continua

There’s no time to delay

The Africa we dream of

Only 8 Goals away.

Africa E!

Africa O!

VERSE 3

If we teach a girl to read

A future generation rejoices, rejoices

Put a microphone in the hands of our sisters

Hear their voices, know their choices

VERSE 4

We have the power at this very hour

To decide we’re losing no child under five

That they will grow and live to see their eighties

And live to see their babies’ babies

CHORUS

Time is tick, tick, ticking

It’s ticking away

Hear the call for a through-ball

Yes! A luta continua

There’s no time to delay

The Africa we dream of

Only 8 Goals away.

Africa E!

Africa O!

VERSE 5

She puts his hand on her stomach

His other hand is on the heart, card in his pocket

Their doctor, knows she’ll make it

As for the baby that both parents created

Sitting at the gateway

They are new parents-to-be

Its a good, good day

VERSE 6

We’ve made such major steps

In the right direction

We took the road less traveled by

We’ve pulled hard on the reigns of major sickness

No, we won’t bear the burden of the sadness

CHORUS

Time is tick, tick, ticking

It’s ticking away

Hear the call for a through-ball

Yes! A luta continua

There’s no time to delay

The Africa we dream of

Only 8 Goals away.

Africa E!

Africa O!

VERSE 7

Smoke from factories

Killing rivers and trees

The water’s not drinkable

The situation’s unthinkable

We must have somewhere to go when we need to go

Overcrowded spaces

Like a maximum sentence

VERSE 8

What we need is opportunity

A world in unity

A level playing field

See where we went wrong

Take a look at the replay

It’s time for fair play

CHORUS

Time is tick, tick, ticking

It’s ticking away

Hear the call for a through-ball

Yes! A luta continua

There’s no time to delay

The Africa we dream of

Only 8 Goals away.

Africa E!

Africa O!

Bono and Bob Geldof to guest edit a special Globe Africa edition

Bono and Bob Geldof to guest edit a special Globe Africa edition on Monday May 10th.

This edition of The Globe and Mail will be focused on the future of Africa and its importance not just for the more than 1 billion people living on that continent, but for Canadians and the rest of the West. The Globe will publish selected video questions submitted by readers and Bono and Bob's answers as part of our coverage leading up to the G8 and G20 summit in Toronto from June 25-27.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/video/behind-the-scenes-at-the-globe/article1561748/



Some great photos of Bono and Bob Geldof in the Globe newsroom today:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/africa/bono-and-bob-geldof-take-the-reins/article1561664/

(RED) & HBO - THE LAZARUS EFFECT - RED CARPET INTERVIEWS

HBO's, The Lazarus Effect, NYC premiere at The MoMA. Featuring red carpet interviews of Bono, Iman, Hayden Christensen, Gabourey Sidibe, along with Director Lance Bangs, May 4, 2010.



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Bono's Speech at the Atlantic Council of the United States Awards Dinner 2010

Bono was honored by the Atlantic Council with its first ever Humanitarian Leadership Award for his efforts over the past quarter century to call attention to poverty in Africa.