Past Campaigns
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Robust 2011 International Affairs Budget
A bipartisan sign-on letter urging President Obama to request a robust 2011 International Affairs Budget is currently circulating Congress. To help support and expand life saving programs such as PEPFAR, the Global Fund, and USAID, tell your representative to sign on to the Berman-Kirk letter before the November 25 deadline. MORE
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Upgrade Aid
We can upgrade U.S. foreign aid through the bipartisan Foreign Assistance Revitalization and Accountability Act (S. 1524), which gives USAID the tools and people it needs to better fight hunger and poverty around the world. But this bill critically needs more support in order to make it through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. MORE
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Ask the G20 to Go to Africa
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. As the leaders of the twenty wealthiest and most powerful nations meet in Pittsburgh for the G20 Summit September 24-25, 2009, we must convince them to hold an upcoming summit in Africa and focus the world on Africa's opportunities and promise.
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It's Time to Invest in Agriculture
ONE members ask their senators to make sure the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations fully-funds the president's request for smart, targeted global agricultural investments that will stop hunger in its tracks.
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Water for the World
March - July, 2009
The Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2009 (S.624) is stuck in the Committee on Foreign Relations, and it needs at least 20 cosponsors in order to get the attention of Senate leaders. Please help us improve access to clean water and sanitation for the world's poorest people by asking your senators to cosponsor this important legislation.
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Hillary Clinton's Confirmation Hearing
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
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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 mobilized to urge world leaders to fill the worldwide US$1 billion funding gap to combat the food crisis. MORE -
Accra: Improve Aid Quality
August - September, 2008
ONE members from around the world sent tens of thousands of letters and made hundreds of phone calls to development ministers in donor countries, calling for increased aid effectiveness. The ministers responded with a new level of commitment to providing more predictable and transparent aid. MORE