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'''Band Aid Trust''' was founded by [[Bob Geldof]].

"The Band Aid Trust has been going since the original single was released, handing out $144m (£75m) to famine relief projects across Africa between January 1985 and November 2004.

"Of the latest money raised, a Band Aid statement said: "These funds are distributed to various organisations that implement sustainable projects aimed at relieving poverty and hunger in Ethiopia and the surrounding area via a funding process." <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4055325.stm Q&A: Where Band Aid money goes], BBC, accessed  July 16, 2010.</ref>

"It stayed at No 1 for five weeks, clocking up sales of 3.5 million, the biggest selling UK single until Elton John's Princess Diana tribute, "Candle in the Wind", in 1997. Eventually, it raised £5m for famine relief. Two other versions – 1989's Band Aid II and 2004's Band Aid 20, which both also hit No 1 – raised millions more. There was more money from the Live Aid concert in 1985 and 2005's follow-up, Live 8.

"In all, Geldof and Ure's wheeze – copied in America as USA for Africa – put more than £150m into famine relief. The Band Aid Trust still has an income of about £2m a year, which is spent in Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Eritrea, Somalia and Nigeria." <ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/feed-the-world-band-aid-25-years-on-1825385.html Feed the world? Band Aid 25 years on], independent.co.uk, accessed  July 16, 2010.</ref>

"The Band Aid Trust has supported [[Christian Aid]] for several years on projects that have included food security initiatives for internally displaced people in Uganda to helping to provide clean water for rural communities in Ethiopia.  Without the support of The Band Aid Trust, projects such as these, that have reached tens of thousands of people, would not have been possible." <ref>[http://www.christianaid.org.uk/give/major_donors/foundation-of-trust.aspx Foundation of trust], Christian Aid, accessed  July 16, 2010.</ref>

"Sir Bob Geldolf today announced [[The Hunter Foundation]], (THF) retail entrepreneur Tom Hunter’s venture philanthropy, will match all funds raised by the Band Aid 20 Single “Do they know it’s Christmas?” to a maximum of £7 million regardless of whether this total is reached or not." <ref>[http://www.thehunterfoundation.co.uk/projects/?project_id=6 The Hunter Foundation backs Band Aid], Hunter Foundation, accessed  July 20, 2010.</ref>