Calling all students! You may want to listen closely here, because we’re about to announce something pretty big. Major, in fact. Cue Jesse Eisenberg, actor, activist and all-around cool kid:
You heard it here first, folks. ONE is joining forces with Chegg, a leading social education platform for students, in a nationwide search to send eight all-star student advocates on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Africa. This unique internship program and trip will be an opportunity to become fully immersed in the issues faced by millions living on less than $1.25 a day in sub-Saharan Africa. You will get to experience the fight against extreme poverty and disease from the frontlines -– and come back fully energized to lead your peers as the next generation of advocates on campuses across the country.
This week, ONE Campus is challenging students to eat on less than $1.50 a day. To read more updates like these, head to ONE Campus’ Tumblr.
Presently, serious cuts to the funding of foreign aid programs within the 150 account, the International Affairs portion of the Federal Budget that encompasses foreign aid, have been proposed by Congress for the 2012 fiscal year. In response, ONE members across the country –- from Nebraska to New Jersey — are getting motivated and participating in the ONE Campus Challenge’s second challenge to stop these devastating cuts to foreign aid.
One University of Florida student answers the question: how does living on less than $1.50 a day relate to the 150 account?
By living under the conditions of extreme poverty, ONE members at the University of Florida are, for a short time, experiencing first-hand the conditions that 1.4 billion around the world face every day, driving the point home that the programs affected by proposed cuts make a tremendous difference in the lives of vulnerable populations in the developing world. Programs like Feed the Future aim to increase food security to prevent future famines like the current crisis in the Horn of Africa.
The grand prize for this year? A trip to Bonnaroo!
Recently, we launched our new ONE Campus website. Whether you’re a current student, parent, alumni, professor, or friend of a college campus, now is your chance to help your school win this season of the ONE Campus Challenge. Your advocacy actions — from signing a petition to calling your member of Congress — won’t just save lives, you will also help your favorite campus earn points in the 5th Annual ONE Campus Challenge.
Last Thursday night, the ONE Washington, D.C., interns hosted a “ONE Night of Living Proof” happy hour event on Capitol Hill to spread the word about extreme poverty and attract new ONE members.
Summer is nearly here –- the weather is getting warmer, exams are almost over, and our ONE Campus students certainly deserve a change of pace after a long yet rewarding year of advocating for the world’s poorest people. Students from around the country have a lot planned for their summers -– they’re going to volunteer, travel and get internships all around the world during their well-deserved break.
That’s why this year, we’re encouraging our students to grab a camera and start taking some captivating photos. Send us a photo of you in ONE gear, of your travels in the developing world or of a personal story centered on extreme poverty in Africa — and submit as many high-quality, high-resolution photos you would like for a chance to win our Summer Photo Challenge!
The first, second and third place winners of the challenge will receive special media outreach from ONE’s stellar communications team, will be featured on the main ONE blog and get some exclusive ONE gear. Check out our full challenge rules here –- and break out those cameras!
This year, our campus students brought in 7,000 new ONE Campus Challenge members, generated 8,000 petition-signers and wrote more than 4,000 letters to Congress. Across the nation, students took action and made a tremendous impact on the lives of the world’s poorest people. In addition to the OCC Grand Prize winners, this year we’ve decided to select three individual prize winners for their outstanding work.
Sarah, Conor and Domonique, winners of our ONE Campus Individual Awards
Though hundreds of campuses participated in Season 4 of the ONE Campus Challenge and proved their mettle month after month, there was one campus that stood out above the rest. The University of Michigan – Ann Arbor took the title as the top poverty-fighting university in the country! Check out their winning video:
ONE is campaigning to ensure that the Congressional budget does not cut foreign assistance programs like Feed the Future that help people break the cycle of poverty and hunger.
The Horn of Africa is experiencing its worst drought in 60 years. More than 11 million people, mostly nomadic pastoralists and farmers in south-central Somalia, north-eastern Kenya, and south-eastern Ethiopia, are severely lacking access to food.
2011 marks 30 years since the first cases of AIDS were documented. Take a closer look at the specific, achievable goals we must hit by 2015 to make this year the beginning of the end of AIDS.
As aid agencies warn more than 9 million people could be affected by a food crisis in East Africa, world leaders are failing to keep their 2009 promises to tackle the causes of chronic hunger and support farmers in the world's poorest countries.
