U2 rocker Bono to donate guitar to Brazil's Zero Hunger program

Rock star and activist Bono will donate one of his guitars to Brazil's Zero Hunger campaign, Agencia Brasil, the government's official news agency said on Monday.

The guitar will be donated to the government after Bono's Feb.20-21 concerts in Sao Paulo's huge Morumbi soccer stadium. It will then be auctioned to collect funds for the program aimed at ensuring that all Brazilians will have three meals a day by the end of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's term on Dec. 31.

The presidential press office said it did not know when nor how the auction will take place.

In March 2005, Lenny Kravitz donated one of the guitars used in his first Latin American tour. Its subsequent auction brought in $132,000 US.

The idea to donate a guitar emerged Sunday when Bono, on tour with U2, met with Silva at the Granja do Torto presidential resort, 30 kilometres from downtown Brasilia.

During that meeting, Silva talked about his government's efforts to reduce hunger and develop renewable energy sources.

Silva's government seeks to expand Brazil's use of a biodiesel fuel based on sunflower, soybeans and seeds of tropical fruits.

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