Past Campaigns
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Copenhagen
In the run up to the 2009 Copenhagen climate change meeting ONE members asked Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen to stop world leaders double counting money that is meant to help developing countries adapt to climate change.
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Prioritise a promise
The UK has been a historic leader on development assistance, and now we’ve got a chance to enshrine that leadership into law. MORE
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Stand Up 2009
On October 16-18 2009 ONE members stood up, literally rising from a seated or squatting position, against extreme poverty. They joined an amazing 173 million people around the world in a new world record.
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Ask the G20 to Go to Africa
Ahead of the G20 meeting in Pittsburgh, ONE asked leaders to schedule future meetings of the group in Africa. As ONE members, we know Africa has the potential to be an economic engine of the 21st century and must be a part of the global economic recovery. Now we need to convince the world.
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A Simple Request to the G8
May - July 2008
For six weeks, ONE encouraged Japan to lead the G8 in stepping up delivery of their commitments on healthcare, agriculture, and education.
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German Chocolate: 2008 Official Development Assistance
February - November 2008
In 2008 -- following the 2007 G8 Summit hosted by German Chancellor Merkel -- ONE used billboards, an open letter and chocolate to keep Africa and development issues center stage for leading politicians, media, national and international activists, and the general public. MORE -
The London G20 Summit
December 2008 - April 2009
For three months ahead of the London G20 Summit, ONE members urged world leaders to listen to and address the needs of developing countries, particularly in Africa. MORE -
Hillary Clinton's Confirmation Hearing
January 2009
In just four days, hundreds of U.S. ONE members helped convince senators on the Foreign Relations Committee to make global poverty a focus of Hillary Clinton's confirmation hearing to become Secretary of State, sending a strong signal that this should be a key priority for the Obama Administration. MORE -
Obama's First Inaugural Address
November 2008 - January 2009
More than 100,000 U.S. ONE members signed ONE's petition to Barack Obama, asking him to make a strong statement about global poverty in his inaugural address and follow up with a robust FY2010 budget request. And he did exactly that. MORE -
UN Summit: Fill the Funding Gap
September - October, 2008
In September 2008, before a High Level Event on the Millennium Development Goals, more than 50,000 European ONE members mobilised to urge world leaders to fill the worldwide US$1 billion funding gap to combat the food crisis. MORE