viernes, 10 de diciembre de 2010

BONO VOX: an example to follow - By Julieta

-Beside having an incredible voice, bono is a friend of the world-

Sir Paul David Hewson better known by his pen name Bono, was born in Dublin, on May 10th, 1960), he is an Irish, integral musician member of the rock band U2 and political activist specially compromised with the humanitarian cause in Africa and in favour of the cancellation of the foreign debt of the countries of the third world, labor recognized by others for his consecutive nominations to the Peace Nobel Prize in 2005, 2006 and 2010.
Since 1999 he has intervened increasingly in campaigns in favour of the cancellation of the foreign debt of the third world. In May, 2002, he guided the Secretary of the Treasure of the United States Paul O'Neill in a tour across four African countries. The same year, Bono founded, together with Bobby Shriver and other activist of the movement Jubilee 200, "Drop the Debt", the organization  DATES whose aim is to be alert on to the unpayable debts that the continent bears, the pandemic transmission of AIDS and the unfair rules of trade that damage their impoverished citizens.
Bono has collaborated with organizations such as International Amnesty, Free Burma, The Chernobyl Children's Project, The One Campaign and Green Peace, as well as the f foundation NETWORK, which also done has a concern about AIDS in Africa, the above mentioned foundation is associated with very important brands of prestige as DELL, Microsoft, Apple, Gap and Nike.
Also he helped in Live Aid's massive concerts in 1985 and the Live 8 in 2005 organized by Bob Geldof in on demand to from the group of the countries of the G-8 of for major help for the African population.
European Voice has declared him a "European of the year" in 2001, gentleman of the Legion of French Honour in 2003, he won the prize "Musicaries" to the "Personage of the year" of the Academy of the Grammy in 2003, the choice on the part of the magazine Steals as the man of the year in 2005, the obtaining of the medal Centenary Paul Neruda of Chile in 2004, the prize of German means for his social labor in 2005 or his appointment as gentleman of the Order of the British Empire, announced on December 23, 2006 by the embassy of the United Kindom in Dublin.
On May, 2010, this exemplar gentleman had an emergency surgery at the Munich Hospital, after he had suffered an accident in a reharsal of his tour
This man, really is an example to follow.

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