A roundup of the week’s most talked-about international development content from ONE, partners and the web, January 20 to 26. Where people live on less than $1.25 a day. Bono, Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair and more look back on 10 years of the Global Fund. ONE’s CEO Michael Elliott talks to Facebook about
Rana Abuhilal is a 17-year-old ONE member from Dublin, Ohio. She wanted to share an interview she did with a teenager in her community from Sierra Leone, who is doing amazing things for her country halfway across the world. Tabetha John left her home in Sierra Leone to live in the United States at age
Last week, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) celebrated the transition of Project HEART to local partners, after eight years of putting hundreds of thousands of patients on life-saving ARV treatment. Kevin Kouassi, Community HIV Counselor from Dimbokro, Cote d’Ivoire, and Project HEART beneficiary, counsels a young pregnant woman about prevention of mother-to-child
To celebrate 10 years of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, they have launched a video celebrating some of their achievements over the last decade: Bono, Jeffrey Sachs, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair and other guest advocates make an appearance in the video: If you feel inspired, please share!
Why the GOP Presidential Candidates Are Wrong to Bash Foreign Aid – The “public opposition to providing foreign aid is one of the hoariest misconceptions in US foreign policy.” In fact, 81% of the U.S. population believes that “developed countries have a ‘moral responsibility to work to reduce hunger and severe poverty in poor countries.”
As some of you may have noticed, President Obama didn’t get the chance to talk about the beginning of the end of AIDS during his State of the Union speech this week. That’s why on Monday, he’s giving Americans the opportunity to ask him questions about the direction of the country during his Google+ Hangout
In celebration of the Global Fund’s 10th anniversary, ONE Global Health Policy Manager Erin Hohlfelder reflects on the organization’s accomplishments over the years. When I was ten, I was busy doing important things like mastering long division, practicing softball and rocking the plastic glasses/bowl cut combo. While I’m proud of those accomplishments, I have to
This week ONE CEO Michael Elliott has been attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, and you can follow his progress on Twitter or by searching for the #Davos hashtag. This morning he took part in a Facebook Live chat, answering questions posted by ONE members on Facebook: Watch live streaming video from worldeconomicforum02 at