ONE volunteers partner with Oxfam and Coldplay
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Friday night, ONE volunteers in Des Moines joined Oxfam at a Coldplay concert to create lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice around the world. Volunteers talked to over 1,000 people to encourage them to tell President Obama the make a fair deal when the global climate conference occurs in December. Natural disasters are known to hit the poorest populations the hardest, but this can be prevented by building stronger foundations and infrastructure.
ONE members gave the volunteer coordinator for Oxfam on the Coldplay tour, Soha Yassine, a ONE pin that she now always wears with her backstage pass. The partnership shows that when we come together to raise awareness we can truly help the world’s poorest people.
-Abbey Moffitt, ONE Member
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June 15, 2009 at 3:23 pm
FANTASTIC!!!! It was a great experience.
June 15, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Thanks so much for posting! I volunteered with this group and had an amazing time-definately one of my best volunteering experiences. I’ve had the opportunity to volunteer with both Oxfam and The One Campaign at Iowa State University and have loved it. Both are great organizations.
I think my favorite part of the night was just talking with all of the Coldplay fans. When I told them of the Coldplay and Oxfam partnership, some thought it was such a great idea and wanted to get involved. It is inspiring to see people come together, not only the volunteers at the concert, but the fans who thanked us for what we were doing.
June 15, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Oxfam is so awesome!!