DATA

DATA
For other uses, see Data (disambiguation).

Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa (or DATA) was a multinational non-government organization founded in January 2002 in London by U2's Bono along with Bobby Shriver and activists from the Jubilee 2000 Drop the Debt campaign.

DATA was created for the purposes of obtaining equality and justice for Africa through debt relief; adjusting trade rules which burden Africa; eliminating the African AIDS epidemic; strengthening democracy; furthering accountability by the wealthiest nations and African leaders; and transparency towards the people. In 2007, DATA and Bono were jointly awarded the National Constitution Center's 2007 Liberty Medal for their groundbreaking efforts to address the AIDS crisis and extreme poverty in Africa.

Start-up funds came from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, financier George Soros, and technology entrepreneur Edward W. Scott.[1]

In 2007, DATA and the ONE Campaign decided to join forces, and in January 2008, they formally merged under the name ONE.[2]

DATA received support from the Christian rock/Alternative rock bands Switchfoot and Third Day.


References

  1. ^ Josh Tyrangiel (2005-12-19). "The Constant Charmer". Time Magazine. http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1142270,00.html. 
  2. ^ Lesley Wroughton (2007-10-29). "Bono's U.S.-based anti-poverty groups to merge". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2953856520071029. 

External links


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат
Synonyms:
, ,


Look at other dictionaries:

  • data — data …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • dată — DÁTĂ, date, s.f. I. Timpul precis (exprimat în termeni calendaristici) când s a produs sau urmează să se producă un eveniment. ♦ Indicaţia acestui timp pe un act, pe o scrisoare etc. (pusă la întocmirea lor). II. Fiecare dintre numerele, mărimile …   Dicționar Român

  • data — da‧ta [ˈdeɪtə, ˈdɑːtə] noun [plural, uncountable] 1. STATISTICS information or facts about a particular subject that someone has collected: • We cannot tell you the results until we have looked at all the data. ˌprimary ˈdata MARKETING STATISTICS …   Financial and business terms

  • data — DATÁ, datez, vb. I. 1. tranz. A stabili data exactă a unui eveniment sau a unui fapt din trecut. ♦ A pune data pe o scrisoare, pe un act etc. 2. intranz. (Cu determinări introduse prin prep. de la , de sau din ) A se fi produs, a se fi făcut, a… …   Dicționar Român

  • data — 1. Fowler, writing before the computer age, declared uncompromisingly that ‘data is plural only’, and pointed to the singular datum, which he conceded even then to be comparatively rare. For much of the time, data is used in contexts in which a… …   Modern English usage

  • Data — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Para otros usos de este término, véase Data (desambiguación). Data Personaje de Star Trek Interpretado por Brent Jay Spiner Información Raza …   Wikipedia Español

  • data — (izg. dèjta) ž mn DEFINICIJA 1. inform. podaci u obliku prikladnom za računalnu obradu [ova data] 2. općenito, podaci, utvrđene činjenice SINTAGMA data bank (izg. data bènk) inform. velika količina podataka, pojam širi od baze podataka; banka… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • data — I noun back up, documents, evidence, facts, grounds, information, logic, papers, proof, specifics II index clue, documentation, dossier, ground, information (f …   Law dictionary

  • data — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}rz. ż Ia, CMc. dacie {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} oznaczony czas jakiegoś wydarzenia; dzień, miesiąc i rok jakiegoś wydarzenia : {{/stl 7}}{{stl 10}}Oznaczona, bliska data. Data urodzin, śmierci, ślubu, chrztu. Dzisiejsza data. Zapisać …   Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień

  • Data — ambient findability audio mining born digital chief knowledge officer clickprint collabulary cybrarian …   New words

  • data — s.f. [dal lat. mediev. data data , part. pass. di dare ]. 1. [indicazione cronologica di un fatto, sia passato che futuro: d. di nascita e di morte ; la lettera è scritta in d. 16 gennaio ] ▶◀ ⇓ anno, giorno, mese. ▲ Locuz. prep.: burocr., in… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”