U2 Conference Reflections: A Grateful Community

African Well Fund board member Abbey Fisher recently attended the 2nd U2 Academic Conference in Cleveland. She shares her experience with us below. This past weekend, a group of African Well Fund volunteers and board members were fortunate to attend the 2nd U2...

AWF Board Members Attending Africare Gala

Members of the African Well Fund’s board of directors will be attending Africare’s 2013 Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner Gala April 20 in Washington, D.C. The event will celebrate President Barack Obama, who donated $100,000 from his Nobel Peace Prize...

'African Well Fund: 10 Years. $1 Million' Report Now Available

In 2002, a group of U2 fans was inspired to take positive action for people in sub-Saharan Africa lacking access to clean water and sanitation after watching an MTV documentary about a trip Bono took to Uganda and Ethiopia with Chris Tucker and Paul O’Neill and...

Turning Pennies Into Clean Water

I once overheard a conversation between two teenage girls where they talked about how much they hated pennies. One of the girls said she disliked pennies so much that she threw them away. I was aghast, not just at the idea of literally throwing away money, but...