Back on the trail
This past Saturday, ONE was back on the trail in New Hampshire with Sen. McCain, as he campaigned for Kellly Ayotte for Senate. Just like we did in the now historic 2008 NH Primary, ONE came out to endorse international life saving policy – not a party or even a politician.
I made it over the to the town hall with some ONE members, and saw a lot of familiar faces, some, like State Rep. Shaun Doherty, were still wearing their ONE bands!
After the town hall meeting, I spoke with Kelly Ayotte about ONE, and our efforts to save lives of people who struggle to over come extreme poverty on less than a dollar a day. I even offered her a ONE band, which she immediately put on.
I managed to catch Sen. McCain too and spoke with him about Cindy McCain’s recent event with Women ONE2ONE on the hill. Sen. McCain instantly recognized ONE, and I was able to briefly mention to him about how Bill Gates talks about the untapped purchasing power of the developing world and new efforts to save millions of lives through immunization programs like GAVI.
I also told him how the other Gates, Sec. Gates has made a desperate plea for more funds for international development in order to build a more stabile and safer world – something that 50 US Generals echoed the other day.
No matter where you live, your voice can help encourage our elected leaders to take urgent action to fight AIDS, malaria, and hunger around the world.
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