Live 8 concert
The Live 8 series of anti-poverty concerts for Africa took place on Saturday (02/07/05) across the globe. About 200,000 people attended a huge concert in London's Hyde Park, featuring artists such as U2, Pink Floyd, and Madonna, while Tokyo, Johannesburg, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Moscow, Philadelphia and Barrie, Canada also hosting shows. Live 8 coincides with Wednesday's G8 summit of world leaders and is aiming to raise awareness about the need for aid, debt cancellation and fairer trade for Africa. Action Aid, Art for Africa, Save the Children, The Conversation Cafe were there giving out information about the problems in Africa, and encouraging people to understand more about poverty and the complexity of the problems of Africa, and to participate in making a difference. Contrary to our expectations, these stands were almost mobbed by people throughout the afternoon, and showed that the concert genuinely raised awareness.
In the photo we see that former Irish singer and Live 8 organiser Bob Geldof (C), Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai (L) and U2 lead singer Bono show a case with CDs containing signatures and e-mails of people fighting against poverty, 06 July 2005 during the G8 summit in Gleneagles.
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