Bono, Judd visit brings small change
Posted on Sunday, December 15 @ 15:27:40 CET by Macphisto
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(AP) -- LINCOLN, Neb. — A visit by Bono and Ashley Judd hasn’t raised much money for a Lincoln organization that advocates for AIDS-stricken children in Africa, but it has brought attention to the group’s cause.
Bono and Judd appeared Dec. 1 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Lied Center. Since that visit, the Lincoln-based Save Sub-Saharan Orphans said it has received $406 in new donations.
Still, SSSO President Nelson Okuku Miruka has said the visit on World AIDS Day was a success because it called attention to his organization, which hopes to build a $100,000 orphanage in Kenya.
The not-for-profit group has raised nearly $21,000 from grants and donations, and more events are planned.
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