Press Releases from 2011
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Condemnation and commendation: G8 countries show mixed results in efforts to meet aid targets
New analysis published today has given the final verdict on the aid promises that were made by world leaders at the G8 summit in Gleneagles in 2005. The report, produced by the anti-poverty group ONE, also sets out the steps that need to be taken to make a renewed push towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals. It suggests new innovative finance schemes and identifies other measures to support proven smart aid programmes that help the poorest people in the poorest nations build a path out of poverty. More
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Bono meets President Calderon of Mexico
Today, Bono, co-founder of ONE, met with President Calderon to ask him to make the fight against poverty central to the 2012 Mexican G20 agenda. More
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Cameron urged: act now to help save 4 million children in 5 years
A new survey published today reveals that 9 out of 10 British people (91 per cent) believe that every child has a right to be vaccinated, and that two-thirds of Britons (67 percent) are proud that the UK makes financial commitments to help vaccinate children in developing countries. The poll, commissioned by anti-poverty campaign group ONE, comes at a critical time as a funding shortfall threatens to stall global efforts to rollout vaccines in the world's poorest countries. ONE today will launch a campaign in a speech to the Royal College of Nursing Congress which calls on David Cameron and other world leaders to fill this funding gap and save four million lives in the next five years. More -
Aid figures paint a worrying picture about aid to Africa
Today's figures from the OECD paint a worrying picture about Africa not receiving the share of aid increases it was promised by world leaders, despite overall historic highs for global aid. More
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Bill Gates and ONE launch the Living Proof Campaign in France: Smart Aid Saves Lives
Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will visit Paris today at a crucial moment before France hosts the G8/ G20 to launch the Living Proof campaign in partnership with ONE. More
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Ugandan Activists call on UK Prime Minister to End Resource Curse
Ugandan activists have delivered a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, calling on the UK Government to ‘end the resource curse’ by supporting greater transparency in the oil industry. The letter was organised by the Publish What You Pay Coalition and signed by over 200 civil society activists from Uganda. It calls on the UK Government to force oil, gas and mining companies listed in the UK to be more transparent in their operations abroad. More
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ONE's response to the UK's aid reviews
Responding to the publication of the UK Government's aid reviews, Jamie Drummond, Executive Director of ONE, has said that the Government should continue to focus on ensuring that British taxpayers get good value for money, and that every penny we spend in overseas aid should be used to reduce poverty and help meet the Millennium Development Goals. More
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ONE boosts its board to help fight extreme poverty
Tom Freston, Chair of the Board of Directors of the anti-poverty advocacy group ONE, has today announced the appointment of Howard G. Buffett, Dr. Mo Ibrahim, and Kevin Sheekey to its Board of Directors to advise and guide the growing organization as it works to fight extreme poverty and save lives in the developing world. More
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Economic Transformation through Technology and Transparency
Hundreds of people will come together in Johannesburg today [Tuesday] to share ideas on how activists and entrepreneurs alike are harnessing the power of technology to spur improvement in transparency, governance and inclusive economic growth. More
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ONE Names Joshua Bolten as Interim CEO, Succeeding David Lane
ONE, the bipartisan anti-poverty advocacy group, announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Joshua Bolten, ONE board member and former White House Chief of Staff, to serve as Interim CEO of ONE effective immediately. More
