Impact Stories
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FY2011 Budget: Stop the cuts
In February 2011, the US House of Representatives voted to make huge cuts in the FY2011 budget. Poverty-fighting, cost-effective programs-which make up less than one percent of the US budget-were sharply cut. MORE
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IMF: May the best candidate win
In the summer of 2011, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched a search for a new Managing Director. This was an important moment for the fight against extreme poverty, as the IMF sets key global economic policies that impact the world's poorest people (take debt relief, for instance). MORE
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Save 4 million children's lives in 5 years
In the spring of 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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Hillary Clinton's Confirmation Hearing
Hillary Clinton's strong and consistent statements on global poverty and preventable diseases, along with the attention these issues received from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, bode well for anti-poverty programs under the Obama Administration.
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Obama's First Inaugural Address
ONE is seeking a $4 billion increase for poverty reduction accounts as a positive start to enabling President Obama to fulfill his historic anti-poverty commitments, as pledged in his inaugural address.
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UN Summit: Fill the Funding Gap
Thanks in small part to more than 50,000 ONE members demanding their leaders not forget developing nations, the food crisis stayed on the agenda of the 2008 UN Summit and a variety of donors made significant commitments on agriculture, education, and health.
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Accra: Improve Aid Quality
Increasing transparency doesn't have the same tangible result as simply increasing development assistance, so it can be more difficult to sell to results-driven politicians. However, increasing aid effectiveness is crucial to making sure that when we do give aid, it effectively achieves its intended purpose.
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The "EU Billion" for Food and Agriculture
Ultimately, the European Commission, European Parliament, and European Council agreed to give a full €1 billion for agriculture, of which €760 million is new funding at the EU level.
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PEPFAR: America’s Response to the Global Emergency of HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria
Over the next five years, if fully funded, this reauthorized PEPFAR will stop 12 million cases of HIV infection, double the number of people on antiretroviral treatment to 3 million people (including 450,000 children), and provide care for five million children who have been orphaned by AIDS.
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Hunger Crisis
The G8, led by Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, made the hunger crisis a top priority at their 2008 Summit.
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