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In addition to auctioning doodles created by George Clooney, Elvis Costello and Anton Corbijn, the African Well Fund is also auctioning a print signed by Bono to benefit the Build a Well Fund for Bono's Birthday project in Burkina Faso. The auctions will run May 5-12 on eBay.

Bono signed the print, which is a reproduction of an original gouache painting by Azalea Millet of Bono holding an African child, prior to the U2 360 show in Denver last year. The 11x17 print is on white medium glossy paper and includes the Bono quote, "This is our moment to stand up for what is right."

This is the third Bono-signed print AWF has auctioned. Bono Street Team founder Dion Simte donated each of the signed prints.

The 10th Annual Build a Well for Bono's Birthday fundraiser is benefiting a water, sanitation and hygiene project in Burkina Faso that will be implemented by African Well Fund partner Africare and aims to create a healthy environment for 257 schoolchildren. For more information on the project in Burkina Faso, click here. For more information on the fundraiser, click here.

Mother's Day is a time when we celebrate mothers and the life that they give. For mothers in Africa, that gift of life is so fragile it hangs by a thread.

This Mother's Day, many of us will be giving and receiving flowers in beautiful vases filled with water. To us, this small amount of water is nearly insignificant, used to keep flowers fresh for a while and then poured down the drain without even a thought; for others water is a daily struggle between life and death

For African families, a daily supply of water can be miles away, and for many, these sources of water are dirty and contaminated. The facts don't lie: 1.1 billion people in the world don't have access to safe drinking water, roughly one-sixth of the world's population.

These statistics are devastating, but the truth is you have the ability to change everything. Your simple action has life changing consequences. For a gift of $25 (less than the price of a couple of bags of Starbucks coffee), you can help us build safe, clean, life-giving water and sanitation projects in African Villages and communities, truly helping mothers in sub-Saharan African countries provide life with a sustainable water supply for their families.

This Mother's Day, give the gift of water to a mother in Africa and receive a mini water garden as our gift to you. Place your mini water garden in your window as a daily reminder of the gift of life that water is.

Instructions:
To receive a water garden and a Mother's Day Well Share please include $3 for shipping and handling with your donation of $25 or more.
When completing your payment, click on Add special instructions to the seller and enter the phrase Mother's Day Plant not included

As part of its 10th Annual Build a Well for Bono's Birthday Fundraiser, the African Well Fund is auctioning drawings by celebrities including George Clooney, Elvis Costello and Anton Corbijn to raise money to fund a water, sanitation and hygiene project in Burkina Faso that will be implemented by African Well Fund partner Africare and aims to create a healthy environment for 257 schoolchildren. The auction will run May 5-12 on eBay.

"Bono has inspired so many people to care about Africa and its people, not just U2 fans like us, but also his many famous friends and fans," said Abbey Fisher, doodle project coordinator. "We wanted to do something special to honor Bono and celebrate the 10th Annual Build a Well for Bono's Birthday fundraiser, so our board president, Rob Trigalet, had a great idea for us to ask Bono's celebrity friends and fans to draw a doodle, either of Bono or of an image reflecting his work throughout the African continent. We have gotten a great response, and I am thrilled with the doodles we've received so far from celebrities like George Clooney, Elvis Costello and Anton Corbijn. It shows us that people really want to help those who go without clean water and sanitation on a daily basis, and it's a great opportunity to reach new supporters for our lifesaving projects."

From World Water Day, March 22nd, through Bono's birthday, May 10th, AWF is inviting U2 fans and others who are inspired by Bono's tireless activism on behalf of Africa to make a donation through the organization's website in honor of his 52nd birthday. AWF is also raising funds by selling limited-edition prints through its website and T-shirts through its Zazzle store. All donors are invited to add their names and birthday wishes to a card on the African Well Fund website that will be sent to Bono in care of Principle Management.

For more information on the Burkina Faso project, click here.

Donations from the nine previous Build a Well for Bono's Birthday fundraisers have totaled more than $213,000 and have been used to fund clean water and sanitation projects implemented by AWF partner Africare to benefit more than 56,000 people in Angola, Benin, Liberia, Uganda and Zimbabwe.