Debt AIDS Trade Africa (DATA), the advocacy group confounded by Bono has revealed that the Irish rocker will embark on a 10 day trip to Africa. Bono, known for his social activism, plans to take this trip starting Tuesday to study ways how his successful campaign for debt relief could help combat poverty and disease there. Leaving all the pleasures of life he is attuned, to he will tour Lesotho, Rwanda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Mali and Ghana by road.
He states :
The timing of this is extremely important, not just because you can see all the results on the ground, but because at this very moment top policymakers in all of the G-8 countries are looking at whether they can afford to keep their promises — whether in Germany, Canada, Italy, or France, and above all in the U.S. Congress.
He can be credited with starting the successful campaign to erase the debts of poor countries and has won the praise of many world leaders.
Via : News.Yahoo.com
