One Day’s Wages launched
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Two weeks ago, Eugene Cho, ONE member, lead pastor of Quest, and founder of Q Café launched a new venture, One Day’s Wages. At its core, the idea is simple; create a movement of people to take one day’s worth of our wages, about 0.4%, and donate that money to organizations working on the ground to end global poverty and promote global health.
Then again, it’s not just about making donations. It’s about learning about global poverty. Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristoff was just featured on their blog. And, it’s about making change. ODW is working with ONE to make sure effective advocacy is part of this movement (they already have over 800,000 Facebook fans). Back in the spring, Eugene interviewed faith relations manager Adam Phillips to introduce ONE to ODW. Of course, notice Eugene sporting a ONE band in the ODW launch video.
The Movement of One Day’s Wages from One Day's Wages on Vimeo.
ODW describes itself as “a movement of stories and actions of compassionate justice to fight extreme global poverty.” Some of the stories are already getting out. CBS featured it in “The Inspired Nation” from On the Scene with Shira:
Congratulations to ODW on their launch!
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November 3, 2009 at 12:36 pm
To our friends at ONE,
Thanks so much for your support and friendship. My wife & I (and our ODW team) are huge fans of ONE and the work you are doing. We’ve already learned so much from ONE and look forward to exploring ways that we can work together towards the common goal of ending extreme global poverty & promoting global health.
Here are 3 ways people can support us:
web – http://onedayswages.org
facebook fan – http://facebook.com/onedayswages
twitter – http://twitter.com/onedayswages
With gratitude,
Eugene
November 3, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Very proud and hopefully more active member of both of these amazing organizations! It is awesome to know that we can join together and get THIS done – THIS being the end to global poverty!
November 3, 2009 at 1:52 pm
You should add google add sense to this sight, if you have 800,000 members viewing this blog, would add some money to your fund
November 3, 2009 at 3:50 pm
A very good point … excellent idea!
November 3, 2009 at 6:31 pm
I’m inspired by Eugene’s ambition. It’s remarkable to see how a the dreams of a few people can impact many for the better. I’m looking forward to seeing ODW make huge strides in defeating global poverty. The launch party was great… but that was just the beginning…
November 18, 2009 at 7:32 pm
One Day’s Wages makes the New York Times! http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/giving/12CIVIC.html