We are loving Shea Yeleen International here at ONE, and not just because the shea butter in their luxuriously scented products – like Apple Lip Balm, Jasmine Sandalwood Rose Shea Butter Soap and Lavender Honeysuckle Body Butter - make your skin feel amazing. This social enterprise also has a positive impact on communities and families in sub-Saharan Africa.
I recently heard about this adorable couple in Colorado who planned their entire wedding around the concept of “giving back.” So of course I had to find out more about this loving, generous couple and their give back wedding. I mean, just look how cute they are – and no, not the dogs, although they are also adorable.
Friday night. College campus. Normally these two phrases together conjure up images of house parties, sporting events, late night food truck visits and students generally unwinding after a week of homework and lectures. So I was rather impressed when I was invited to attend a student-hosted benefit dinner and speaker panel on a Friday evening
Last week, ONE, in partnership with the World Food Programme and WFP USA, had the privilege of graduating 126 griots in 33 countries from our online course, “Growing Solutions to End Hunger: The Hunger and Agriculture Griot Project.” In six weeks, our students completed a minimum of 48 hours of coursework related to hunger issues,
While people in the United States are celebrating a bountiful Thanksgiving today, many people in the developing world are not so lucky. This new report from Bread for the World provides an eye-opening look into world hunger and is a reminder of those who wake up every day without knowing when they will get their
In honor of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Anna Lemberger looks into a phenomenon taking place all over Africa: innovation labs. What do you get when you give an engineer chicken wire and plywood? Well, if you’re in the University of Nairobi’s FabLab, a program inspired by a similar lab at MIT, you might see one of
Anna Lemberger, an intern for ONE’s Hunger & Agriculture Griot program, writes an update on the course. This is her first post on the ONE Blog. Griots de Sambala. Photo credit: WikimediaInspired by the tradition of griots — a West African term for storytellers, history-keepers and agents of culture change — ONE, in partnership with
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