African Well Fund Hosts Tweet a Well for Bono's Birthday 24-hour Online Giving Campaign to Bring Clean

Water to Angola. The event begins Friday May 9th at 3:00 p.m. EST and ends on May 10th, the singers 54th birthday . Schenectady, NY, May 07, 2014 -- African Well Fund is hosting Tweet a Well for Bo no's Birthday, an exclusive 24-hour online giving campaign in honor of the singer's 5 4th birthday. The campaign takes place from 3:00 p.m., EST Friday, May 9 3:00 p. m., EST Saturday, May 10. During the event, people are encouraged to tweet, blog , and post to encourage others to donate using the hashtag #Bonowell. Donors can follow results live on http://www.crowdrise.com/12thAnnualBuildaWell. The event closes out the 12th Annual Build a Well for Bono's Birthday fundraiser w hich was launched on April 1st. This campaign aims to raise $10,000 to fund a co mmunity-based water and sanitation project in Angola. The project, which will be implemented by African Well Fund partner Africare, ai ms to increase access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation. It will be nefit more than 12,000 people in the Ebo municipality of the Kwanza Sul Province in Angola. Every donation, no matter how small or large, really does make a difference when combined with donations from fans all over the world, said Rob Trigalet, African Well Fund board chairman. And access to clean water and sanitation can not only c hange lives, it can save them. All donors are encouraged to add their name and a message to a birthday card on the African Well Fund website, which will be sent to Bono. The 11 previous campaigns in Bono's honor have raised over $225,000. Projects have been funded to to help more than 60,000 people in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Mali, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. For more information, please visit http://www.africanwellfund.org/Bono-Well-2014 .html. About The African Well Fund: The African Well Fund is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the mission of funding clean water and sanitation projects in sub-Saharan Af rica. Since its founding in 2002, by a group of U2 fans who were inspired by Bon o's activism in Africa, the organization has raised more than $1 million to fund 3 2 projects in 15 countries, helping more than 350,000 people. The organization i s entirely run by volunteers. About Africare: Africare is an African-American founded he quality of life of people in Africa. d 94 cents of every dollar it spends is rking as partners, Africare helps local nd productive communities. Contact: Diane Yoder African Well Fund PO Box 9486, Schenectady NY, 12309 518-423-8058 dyoder@africanwellfund.org http://www.africanwellfund.org development organization that improves t 98% of its project staff are African, an devoted to project implementation. By wo populations build sustainable, healthy a