Big News: ONE on Idol Wednesday
April 7th, 2008 at 8:53 pm | posted by Virginia Simmons
On Wednesday night, American Idol is going to feature ONE on their special “Idol Gives Back” episode.
Last year we gained 100,000 new members after Idol Gives Back aired, and this is going to be another incredibly important moment to place the fight against extreme poverty in the living rooms of more than 25 million Americans.
The episode will air at 7:30/6:30c and I’ll be watching and live blogging (in case you don’t have a TV, miss it or just like to read our blog;)
Stay tuned for more updates as the air date draws closer. Until then, an exclusive sneak peak for loyal ONE Blog fans of our co-founder Bono’s recent trip to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where he met 14-year-old Deloy. Footage from the trip will air on Idol Gives Back on Wednesday.
[Photo caption: ONE co-founder Bono meets with Deloy, a 14-year-old boy living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania who lost both of his parents to HIV/AIDS. Deloy, shared with Bono his “memory box,” a small cardboard box decorated in wrapping paper in which he keeps mementos from his mother and father. Deloy receives help from a wonderful health care facility in Dar es Salaam called PASADA, which is funded in part by America via contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria and PEPFAR.]
-Virginia Simmons
April 7th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Wow - thanks Virginia for this. I’ve been wondering what segment Bono would be doing for this program and now we know.
It promises to be quite an emotional segment as the experience of making a “memory box” to leave for others to remember your life by has been an aspect of the AIDS pandemic that I wished was long behind us.
As we can see from Bono’s segment with Deloy, memory boxes unfortunately are not a part of the past.
I will be watching this program on Weds. specifically to see Bono’s segment. It will be worth the rest of the program just to watch this.
Take very good care, my friends. Blessings always.
ONE HEART, ONE HOPE, ONE LOVE - debbie
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April 8th, 2008 at 11:39 am
WOW, this is going to be amazing! SOOO excited that Bono is able to touch the lives of hundreds of thousands of people on this issue. Think of all the young people who will give to this cause throughout thier lifetimes because of this. Bono is the master of marketing! I got to ask hime a personal question after his speech in Philly on 10/21/05 and I think of his response daily. I asked, “How can I teach my students (5th grade) about the issues in Africa,’ Bono replied, “Make it an adventure, NOT a burden.” Well AMERICAN IDOL GIVES BACK is definitely an adventure.
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:07 am
We are what we repeatedly do.