ONE is a grassroots advocacy and campaigning organization that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa, by raising public awareness and pressuring political leaders to support smart and effective policies and programs that are saving lives, helping to put kids in school and improving futures. Cofounded by Bono and other campaigners, ONE is nonpartisan and works closely with African activists and policy makers.
Backed by a movement of more than 2.5 million ONE members, ONE achieves change through advocacy. We hold world leaders to account for the commitments they've made to fight extreme poverty, and we campaign for better development policies, more effective aid and trade reform. We also support greater democracy, accountability and transparency to ensure policies to beat poverty are implemented effectively. ONE is not a grant-making organization and we do not solicit funding from the general public. As we have always said, at ONE, 'we're not asking for your money, we're asking for your voice.'
ONE and its more than 2.5 million members, along with ONE's predecessor organization DATA and other non-profit partners, have played an important role in persuading governments to support effective programs and policies that are making a measurable difference in fighting extreme poverty and disease. As a result of those programs, today nearly 4 million Africans have access to life-saving AIDS medication, up from only 50,000 people in 2002. Malaria deaths have been cut in half in countries across Africa in less than 2 years and 42 million more children are now going to school.
Leadership
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Board of Directors
ONE's Board of Directors includes individuals with extensive experience in advocacy and activism, policy, politics and business. The board oversees ONE's work and helps to ensure we are making progress against our mission. More
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Africa Policy Advisory Board
ONE’s Africa Policy Advisory Board is a regular forum for many of ONE's friends and advisors to come together to discuss the pressing issues facing the continent, and play a key role in informing ONE’s work in Africa and globally. More
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Leadership Team
ONE's global leadership team helps to direct and implements ONE's strategy. More
IMPACT
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Save 4 Million Children's Lives in 5 Years
In 2011, ONE launched a new childhood vaccines campaign to help save 4 million kids' lives in 5 years. The campaign specifically called for President Obama to help fund two proven new vaccines that would help stop pneumonia and diarrhea-two of the biggest killers of kids in poor countries.More
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FY2011: Stop the Cuts
In response to unsettling budget cuts, more than 150,000 ONE members urged the Senate to reverse the House cuts and preserve the funding. ONE members also made more than 16,000 calls to members of Congress and arranged hundreds of in-district meetings.More
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IMF: May the Best Candidate Win
49,000 ONE members from across the world signed a petition asking for the IMF's hiring process to be fair, open and transparent.More
