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Bono Becomes Blogger For Financial Times
September 24th, 2008
Bono has turned to blogging during the Millenium Development Goals summit currently happening in New York, in which he discusses what needs to happen and spreads some good news about Africa.
In his lengthy blog article, Bono writes, “For those of you, the many of you, questioning aid on this site, you’re not wrong to suggest that it’s not the only answer. Of course it’s not. It’s trade, it’s governance, it’s private investment. But aid is critical… ask Germany, ask Ireland. See it as a leg-up, not a hand-out.”
He also states that, “Since the turn of the millennium, 29m more kids are in school in Africa. Since 2002, 2m Africans are on lifesaving ARVS. Since 2003, 59m bednets have been distributed in Africa. In the last 2 years, Rwanda and Ethiopia have cut malaria cases and deaths by more than 50%.”
Read the full blog article here.
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