Bono Charity Fun

From The Metro:

An organisation co-founded by superstar Bono to fight poverty in Africa has come under fire for donating only a fraction of its income to charity.

The non-profit One campaign received almost £9.6million in donations in 2008 but handed over only £118,000 to good causes. Figures show that the group also spent more than £5.1million on executive and staff salaries.

One insisted that it was focused on lobbying, not funding charities... Spokesman Oliver Buston said: 'We don't provide programmes on the ground. We're an advocacy and campaigning organisation. There is a rich and vibrant debate in the UK media about aid that doesn't happen in the US media. This was an attempt, perhaps in hindsight not the best way, to get our message across.'

Mr Buston added that One employs nearly 120 people worldwide and so the £5.1million spent on wages would result in an average salary of about £42,500...