European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                David Bowie line a and Paul Mccartney and bib Cal Dot at the lire Aid famine Rollef concert in London in full 1985, a year later Money Rolls in for band Aid by Debra Craine associated press the african famine Relief Campaign started by Irish Rock Star Bob Geldof is Martins its first anniversary after raising close to $100 million worldwide. Out of add of s original band Aid came live Aid and fashion Aid to raise Money for the starving. And the irreverent Celdhof is still demanding of the world give me your Money often with an unprintable and  expletive a Eiwen your and  with about $29 million already used up and $69 million wailing to be spent Money is still rolling in. The Best Selling band Aid recording of do they know it i Christmas which sparked he International fund raising Campaign last year was re released dec. 1,19b5, a Day later it had moved to 40th on the sales charts. Last year the record raised about $13 million. The fund raising mania reached its Peak after the Mammoth live Aid trans Atlantic rocks c concerts july 13 in London and Phila Dophia. Then $21 million poured into band Aid s British Bank account in five Days. Millions More were collected in the . Organization which is run As a separate Charit since the Peak donations have dec lined but Bernard Doherty spokesman for Britain s band Aid Trust told a about $7,250 a week is still coming " although the British Trust has t got a detailed breakdown of figures it says the concert probably raised about $5b million of the $75.4 million received by the Charity s Bank account in Britain. The donations came mostly from Europe and the Middle East and do not include $25 million in american donations raised by the live Aid concert. Geldof Lead Singer for the boo town huts began inc fund raising when he assembled a Range of lop performers into an All Star group or the band Aid record. The live Aid concerts in july were 3 quantum leap beyond with dozens of top bands located either in London or Philadelphia performed in one concert via a unique global to satellite linkup. British band Aid has spent $29 million on emergency disaster Relief including the shipment and distribution of food and medical supplies 10 the drought hit Sahel Region of Africa. Band Aid says its Money has bought 17,000 ions of Grain 2,000 tons of milk powder 200,000 blankets 200,000 hand tools 41  tents and three  with the other  agencies we have saved millions of lives Doherty said. The Charity s biggest individual Purchase has been 169 trucks costing about $5 million which arc a vital link in band Aid s food distribution system. The bulk of the Ai d has gone to Ethiopia and Sudan but the Charity recently started sending Aid to Mozambique Chad Turkina faso niger and Mali. Doherty said that As Well As organizing its own food distribution and medical care. Band Aid works closely with 97 charities operating in Africa including Unicof Oxnam save the children furl and the red Cross. In one join Effort. Band Aid donated $3 million to Unicof to immunize More than half a million famine affected children against measles tetanus whooping cough diphtheria tuberculosis arid polio. But there has been criticism of the Way  Aid is spending its Money. In october the sunday times newspaper of London quoted International Aid organizations in Khartoum As saying that band Aid should give a Large proportion of its funds to groups like Oxnam and save the children instead of trying to do its own Field work. It is a crime that band Aid is not giving blocks of Money away to then established groups the newspaper quoted one Agency organizer is saying. Band Aid has also be criticized for holding on in its Money too Long. Hand Aid counters such criticism by saying ii needs to set Money aside to fight the next drought. To that end the other $43.5 million in the Trust s coffers in Britain has been earmarked Tor Long term projects like forestry farming irrigation and education to head off another famine. Doherty said band Aid s $72.5 million is a drop in the Ocean. The famine is a vast vast disaster Mil it will go on. What we Are trying to do is to bring people s attention to it and hopefully governments will be moved to act. But we know to Are not going to be around  january is 19ss so Ripe Nagamine 17