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    This document discusses poverty in Africa and the efforts of musicians Bob Geldof and Bono Vox to raise awareness and funds to help address it. It describes their roles in organizing the historic Live Aid concert in 1985 that raised millions for famine relief in Ethiopia, as well as later efforts like Live 8 to lobby world leaders to cancel African debts and increase humanitarian aid. The document provides background on Africa's population and poverty levels, and examines some of the root causes of poverty like debt and how advocacy campaigns like DATA, Make Poverty History, and others have sought to create change.

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    The Presentation About Bob Geldof & Bono Vox

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    Good morning!

    Dominika Buanov &


    Aneta Nmethov
    4.class

    Did you have breakfast ?

    Are you HUNGRY ?

    What does poverty mean?


    a

    condition in which people have lack


    of material possessions or money

    relative poverty

    absolute poverty

    (to be not able to enjoy average living standarts)

    (missing the basic human


    needs)

    2nd

    Africa

    largest continent

    Youngest

    population

    15

    % of the world's human population live


    there

    34
    5

    from 54 countries = Third World

    African countries belong to group of high


    human development

    What would you do to


    help Africa?

    Do not just talk about poverty!

    Men of Action
    Bob Geldof & Bono Vox

    BAND AID(1984)
    Do they know its Christmas ?

    fastest selling single ever

    earned 6 million dolars

    BAND AID 30

    (2014)
    Ebola virus in West Africa

    LIVE AID
    13

    July 1985

    Wembley

    Stadium in London & John F. Kennedy


    Stadium in Philadelphia

    give us the money it raised


    30000000 which were used to provide food to
    starving Africans

    One of the major causes


    the

    developed world

    debts

    Africa had to pay more on debts than they got.

    British Music Awards 1999

    Bono Vox:

    Reaction

    Are you with me?

    public protests

    Bono Vox - USA


    Bob Geldof Europe

    DATA
    = Debt AIDS Trade Africa
    The main aim: removal of extreme poverty and AIDS
    in Africa

    LOBBYING
    15

    billion dolars for AIDS

    response to terrorism = humanitarian aid

    MAKE POVERTY HISTORY


    = brand new level of humanitarian aid

    All African debts should be


    cancelled, humanitarian aid should
    be doubled and the rules of
    international trade should be
    completely changed.

    20 years after LIVE AID

    LIVE 8

    -no money collected

    a series of nine concerts (few days before G8)


    not

    only in Europe

    2005

    Summit G8 in Scotland

    the abolition of the remaining debts


    a doubling of aid to the entire $ 25 billion

    Thank you for your


    attention!

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