March 2011 Archives

The African Well Fund launches the 9th Annual Build a Well for Bono's Birthday fundraiser today with the unveiling of the campaign's logo, designed by Lizzie Fortuin. The logo, which was selected by AWF board members from a group of submissions entered into the recent fundraiser design contest, highlights the fundraiser's "Because We Can, We Must" theme.

The fundraiser will run March 22 through May 10. It will benefit a water and sanitation project that will be implemented by AWF partner Africare at girls' schools in Benin supported by Angelique Kidjo's Batonga Foundation.

AWF will accept Build a Well for Bono's Birthday donations through its PayPal account, the Africare website and a special Facebook Causes page. All donors are invited to add their names and birthday wishes to a card that will be sent to Bono in care of Principle Management. Click here to make a donation or view the birthday card.

AWF will also host a U2 live photo auction and will auction off U2 360° Tour tickets on eBay to raise money for Build a Well for Bono's Birthday. Special fundraiser T-shirts will be sold through AWF's Zazzle store.

U2 fans have donated nearly $200,000 through the eight previous Build a Well for Bono's Birthday fundraisers to benefit more than 30,000 people in Angola, Liberia, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

The African Well Fund will launch its 9th Annual Build a Well for Bono's Birthday fundraiser on Tuesday, March 22 and is inviting supporters to submit designs that could be used to promote the fundraiser.

The theme of this year's fundraiser is "Because we can, we must," a lyric from the U2 song "Mercy," and all designs submitted must include the fundraiser theme, the AWF logo (which can be downloaded here) and the AWF website (africanwellfund.org).

Artists are asked to submit their designs in a JPG or PDF format to lwineman@africanwellfund.org by Friday, March 18. Designs must also be available in a 300-dpi minimum high-resolution format if chosen to promote Build a Well for Bono's Birthday (PSD/AI/EPS/TIFF/PDF formats are all acceptable). Please don't include any copyrighted images or derivative images of Bono or U2 in your design.

The winning design will be selected by AWF's board of directors and announced on March 22. It will be featured on the AWF website and social media pages, as well as in press releases and on items sold through the AWF Zazzle store.

For more information, visit the Design Contest page.

Funds raised during the 9th Annual Build a Well for Bono's Birthday, which runs March 22 through May 10, will benefit water and sanitation projects that will be implemented by AWF partner Africare at girls schools in Benin that have been built by Angelique Kidjo's Batonga Foundation.