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Kenyan Slum Youth Group Wins 2009 ONE Africa Award
A community organization founded by young people in Nairobi's slums has won the ONE Africa Award, an annual prize given by the global anti-poverty group to honor ground-breaking work by African non-governmental organizations. MORE
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ONE reaction to G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St Andrews
Warm words alone won’t fight poverty or climate change. While the hosts can be commended for trying, the G20 collectively have failed to ensure that the resources to help the poorest countries adapt to climate change would be additional to existing development assistance. MORE
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Global climate deal ‘matter of life and death’ for millions in Africa - ONE
Finance Ministers from G20 countries meeting in Scotland this weekend are being urged to keep the world’s poorest high on their agenda as they discuss how to help developing countries adapt to the disastrous impacts of climate change – and contribute to stemming its rise. MORE
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ONE reaction to Gordon Brown conference speech
Today Gordon Brown announced that the UK’s commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of national income on development assistance will become law under forthcoming legislation.
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“Bring African countries to G20 table”, says anti poverty group
The Pittsburgh G20 Summit appears to have made some progress towards reshaping global power structures to make them more representative, said anti poverty campaign group ONE. But media reports of the draft communiqué indicate the G20 still has some way to go before it becomes a truly representative global decision making body. MORE
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New Global Health Initiatives Bolster Smart Efforts Saving Lives in Africa
Two major announcements today take aim at preventable diseases in poor countries MORE
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“Hold G20 Summit in Africa”, anti-poverty group urges
African countries offer solutions to global economic and climate crises MORE
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Child Mortality Drops Worldwide Thanks to Scaled Up, Smart Investments in Global Health
Simple, relatively inexpensive solutions saving children's lives globally, but parts of Africa still lag MORE
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UK Charities Join Forces to Kick Off United Against Malaria
UK charities Comic Relief, ONE and Malaria No More UK are joining forces for the UK kick-off of ‘United Against Malaria’, a global team of football stars, celebrities, non-governmental organisations, foundations, governments and corporations. This partnership has united ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, to fight malaria, a preventable disease. MORE