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NetAid is an anti-poverty initiative. It started as a joint venture between the United Nations Development Programme and Cisco Systems. It became an independent nonprofit organization in 2001. In 2007, NetAid became a part of Mercy Corps. NetAid is focused on raising awareness of extreme poverty and raising money for anti-poverty projects. ==Launch concerts== The organization began with a concert event on October 9, 1999 with simultaneous activities meant to harness the Internet to raise money and awareness for the Jubilee 2000 campaign. Concerts took place at Wembley Stadium in London, Giants Stadium in New Jersey and the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Wembley show was at capacity; the U.S. show suffered from very poor ticket sales. Performers at Wembley Stadium included: Eurythmics (who played first), The Corrs, Catatonia, Bush, Bryan Adams, George Michael, David Bowie, Stereophonics and Robbie Williams. Performers at Giants Stadium included: Sheryl Crow, Jimmy Page, Busta Rhymes, Counting Crows, Bono, Puff Daddy, The Black Crowes, Wyclef Jean, Jewel, Mary J. Blige, Cheb Mami, Sting, Slash, Lil' Kim, Lil' Cease, and Zucchero. Performers in Geneva included: Bryan Ferry, Texas, Des'ree and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The (website ) received over 2.4 million hits and raised $830,000 from 80 countries. Never before had this amount of money been raised online. Cisco's prominent sponsorship of the concerts and dominance of NetAid efforts were recognized as making the event a reality. Along with Kofie Annan, Keyur Patel, MD of KPMG Consulting spearheaded the technology architecture development of the web site and Anaal Udaybabu was the creative pioneer (Gigabaud Studios, San Francisco) to envision user experience that can scale across hundreds of cultures and users from over 100 countries. Netaid was a landmark in pioneering web streaming globally. Wyclef Jean released a charity single featuring Bono entitled "New Day" coinciding with NetAid. The song also has an accompanying music video that premiered on MTV's Total Request Live (USA) on September 21, 1999, although the video never charted.〔(AbsoluteTRL.net )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「NetAid」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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