The next clip of Bono’s trip to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, aired. In it, Bono meets with Deloy, a 14-year-old boy who lost both of his parents to HIV/AIDS. Deloy shared his “memory box” with Bono, 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,
We keep spotting ONE shirts and white ONE bands on the Idol Gives Back show tonight. You can pick up your own at the ONE Store.
Earlier Bono was wearing a special edition EDUN ONE shirt. EDUN is a socially-conscious clothing company with a mission to create beautiful clothing while fostering sustainable employment in developing countries. All of the ONE EDUN shirts are made of 100% Africa cotton in Lesotho, Africa, one of the poorest countries in the world. Learn more about EDUN here.
You can pick up your ONE shirt, ONE band, and/or special edition EDUN shirts here.
If you see a ONE shirt or band on the show again tonight- let us know in the comments.
The first clip from Bono’s recent trip to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, just aired.
In the clip, Bono visits Eusebia, a former nurse and grandmother, and Sophia, a 14-year-old who was born with HIV/AIDS and has no parents.
Eusebia now volunteers full-time providing home-based care to adults and orphans living with HIV/AIDS. Eusebia lost three of her own children to AIDS and now looks after 7 family members, in addition to her work in the community. The clinic with which Eusebia works, PASADA, is funded in part by America, via contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria and PEPFAR.
We are writing letters about the Global Child Survival Act and watching Idol Gives Back here in Columbus, Ohio. More ONE members will be coming in later in the night so we’ll have more pictures soon.
ONE will be on Idol Gives Back tonight – starting in 10 minutes EST on Fox. We’re still at the office – and I’ll do my best to keep updating you about the show here on the ONE Blog.
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