Up for another challenge? The third leg of the ONE Campus Challenge is here, and we’re asking our students to take it to the streets. Programs that fight HIV/AIDS, malaria and chronic hunger could be drastically cut by the Senate this month. Between now and November 18th, meet with your members of Congress and tell them to protect international development programs in US FY2012 Budget. Let your member know that these programs work and are saving lives. Head to the ONE Campus website to get started.
The University of Mississippi won second place with this video
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.
It definitely feels like fall, a clear indication that our Summer Photo Challenge has come to an end! Over the summer, ONE Campus students took photos all around the world, and we got some pretty amazing results. We had fun sorting through all the incredible submissions, but after much deliberation we picked our top three from students and locales across the globe:
3rd place: Katheryn Winn of Middle Tennessee State University, “Girls in School,” Tanzania
As you may know, the ONE Campus Challenge launched at the end of September, and we’ve got some pretty incredible results. Hundreds of campuses recruited thousands of new ONE members across the nation –- but Michigan State University grabbed the top spot by recruiting 165 new ONE members, took over their campus with chalk, paint (they painted the iconic MSU rock with a huge ONE logo), and did some old fashioned canvassing (including calls to their member of Congress) to garner support in defense of the world’s poor. Great job Spartans!
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.
The students from the University of Michigan and the University of Florida who participated in the grand prize for the ONE Campus Challenge (OCC) are home now after three exciting days that won’t be forgotten anytime soon.
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.
