Ireland and Modern Famine Relief
Ireland has been at the forefront of international famine relief. In 1985 Bob Geldof, Irish rock star and founder of Live Aid, revealed that the people of Ireland had given more to his fundraising efforts per head of population than any other nation in the world. Irish NGOs Goal, Concern, TrĂ³caire and Gorta play a central role in helping famine victims throughout Africa. In 2000, Bono, lead singer with Irish band U2, played a central role in campaigning for debt relief for African nations in the Jubilee 2000 campaign. The Irish famine experience continues to influence many Irish people in their attitudes towards the developing world and famine victims everywhere.
Read more about this topic: Legacy Of The Great Irish Famine
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“Out of Ireland have we come,
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Maimed us at the start.
I carry from my mothers womb
A fanatics heart.”
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I knew the hideous death they die,
when famine lays its bleak hand on the door;
I knew the rich,
sated with merriment,
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