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“ONE Sabbath 2009-10” Launched to Inspire Action for World’s Poor
ONE today launched "ONE Sabbath 2009-10," a campaign to mobilize people of faith to speak out and take action in the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease. MORE
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Child Mortality Drops Worldwide Thanks to Scaled Up, Smart Investments in Global Health
Thanks to scaled up support for simple, relatively inexpensive solutions like anti-malaria mosquito nets, measles vaccinations and vitamin supplements, the number of children dying before their fifth birthdays each year has been cut to the lowest level ever on record, 8.8 million, according to a report released today by Unicef. MORE
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Physicians for Peace to Honor ONE with its Charles E. Horton Humanitarian Award
Physicians for Peace, an international organization focusing on medical education in developing nations, announced it will award its third annual Charles E. Horton Humanitarian Award for Global Health to ONE. MORE
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Mayor Nutter Declares Philadelphia a “ONE City”
Mayor Michael A. Nutter joined Philadelphia-area members of ONE at City Hall to declare Philadelphia a "ONE City" against global poverty and disease. MORE
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ONE Celebrates Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love Film Premier at Locations Nationwide
The global anti-poverty organization ONE is holding special events across the United States at premiers of the award-winning film Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love. The film chronicles the remarkable story of Youssou Ndour, Grammy-award winning artist and social activist who also serves as a member of ONE's Policy Advisory Board. MORE
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IMF Delivers New Financing to Help Poorest Countries Deal with Downturn
The International Monetary Fund has delivered a significantly improved financing package for the least developed countries, ONE said today. The package includes zero interest rate loans through 2011. It also provides lending capacity of $17 billion through 2014. MORE
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MFAN: SFRC Bill Seeking to Strengthen USAID Adds to Aid Reform Momentum
MFAN, a coalition of which ONE is a part, commends Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA), Ranking Minority Member Dick Lugar (R-IN), and Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Bob Corker (R-TN), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Jim Risch (R-ID) for introducing the Foreign Assistance Revitalization and Accountability Act of 2009 (S.1524). The bill aims to start the process of foreign assistance reform, and we urge Members of both parties to support its final passage. MORE
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ONE Urges Hundreds to Action at NAACP Youth Night
ONE joins the NAACP to rally hundreds of young people in the fight against global poverty in Africa. MORE
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ONE reaction to G8 food security communiqué
The G8's US$20bn agreement to provide support for the world's poorest farmers was welcomed today by advocacy group ONE. The deal was expected to amount to US$15bn over three years, but at the last minute the communiqué announced the figure had risen to US$20bn. The deal also includes significant steps to make progress on the effectiveness of aid for agriculture.
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Keep Africa aid promises and act now to stem hunger, G8 told, or risk global irrelevance
Leaders of the world's eight biggest economies must act this week to rescue their aid promises to Africa, advocacy group ONE said today, including agreeing a special deal for the continent's farmers. MORE