ONE Campus Challenge

The Crisis:

Every three seconds a child dies from extreme poverty.
1 billion people around the world live on less than $1 a day.
12 million children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS in Africa and that number is expected to climb to 18 million by 2010.
77 million children are not enrolled in primary education, more than half of whom are girls.
More than a billion people lack access to clean water and 2.6 billion do not have access to basic sanitation. Every 15 seconds, a child dies from problems caused by lack of clean water.

The Opportunity:

Today, solutions exist that are affordable, achievable and sustainable.

AIDS drugs now cost as little as $1 a day and more than a million people are now being receiving treatment thanks to the U.S. government and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria. With more resources for treatment and prevention, we can reverse the tide of HIV/AIDS around the world.
A $5 bed net can protect a child from the mosquitoes that carry malaria. After handing out nets nationwide in Kenya, the country cut its child malaria death rate in half. Replicating this program would save millions of lives.
New technology like "play pumps" - wells powered by a merry-go-round - can provide whole villages with access to clean water through locally available resources. Access to water is the baseline for health and productivity in communities around the world and allows opportunities for girls who would otherwise spend all their days carrying water.
After the success of debt relief campaigns, 21 poor countries can now afford to spend much more on health and education. As a result, several of these countries eliminated school fees and enrollment surged dramatically. In Tanzania, for example, 3 million more children are now attending primary school.