Malaka Gharib

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Malaka Gharib is ONE’s social editor. She curates ONE’s Stories page, manages ONE’s social networks and creates social media strategies for ONE’s campaigns. Before ONE, she was a producer at Al Jazeera English and a digital strategist at Virilion. She graduated from Syracuse University.

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What makes Bono tick? A 1-hour interview with Charlie Rose

What makes Bono tick? A 1-hour interview with Charlie Rose

Bono talking to Charlie Rose. Photo credit: Rose Guerin/Charlie Rose Inc. Our ONE members know that Bono is just as much an activist as he is a rock star – you see it in the work he does with ONE during every campaign. But for those of you who know him mostly as the front man of

Want to know why hunger still exists in the 21st century? Give Roger Thurow 20 minutes and he’ll tell you.

Want to know why hunger still exists in the 21st century? Give Roger Thurow 20 minutes and he’ll tell you.

After journalist-turned-agriculture activist Roger Thurow witnessed the famine in Ethiopia in 2003 first hand, he dropped everything and devoted his life to answering this mind-boggling question: Why are Africa’s small farmers some of the continent’s hungriest people? Kudos to Roger for not only being brave enough to ask this question, but for doing all the research to

Light a fire in your community and join Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Day

Light a fire in your community and join Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Day

Alright. So, you’ve signed ONE’s petition to end chronic child malnutrition for 25 million children (or if you haven’t, click here right now to sign it, then come back!). You’re now part of ONE’s global food revolution, a movement of nearly 250,000 ONE members around the globe who care about this specific issue. Err, now

6 Surprising facts about Chinese aid to Africa

6 Surprising facts about Chinese aid to Africa

It’s undeniable. China has a huge presence in Africa. Many Africans can point out Chinese-funded buildings, roads and mines, and it’s not uncommon to see more than a few Chinese faces around construction projects and efforts across the development sector. As the country moves toward the up and up both economically and as a world

Rebuilding Haiti one concrete block at a time

Rebuilding Haiti one concrete block at a time

By Aysha House-Moshi, Director, OPIC Congressional Affairs. This article was originally published on OPIC’s website.  “You can’t build a country without concrete.” The statement has particular relevance in Haiti, where, more than three years since a 7.0 magnitude earthquake resulted in extensive death and destruction, the country is still working to repair and rebuild and

In case you missed it: Our Google+ Hangout for World Malaria Day

In case you missed it: Our Google+ Hangout for World Malaria Day

For World Malaria Day, we wanted to do something really special for our ONE members: get some of the world’s leading malaria tech, finance and advocacy nerds to talk about malaria in simple terms.  And that’s exactly what they did during yesterday’s Google+ Hangout, moderated by ONE’s Global Health Director Erin Hohlfelder here in our

Watch ONE’s Google+ Hangout on the Basics of Malaria HERE!

Watch ONE’s Google+ Hangout on the Basics of Malaria HERE!

Today, at 12PM ET/ 4PM GMT, ONE will host a Google+ Hangout with the Centers for Disease Control, Malaria No More UK and Roll Back Malaria. The event is focused on just the basics – we promise no jargon, no complicated or super-technical science. So, if you’re new to the fight against malaria or just looking to sharpen your

Helping kids grow up healthy isn’t a pipe dream. Here’s exactly how to do it.

Helping kids grow up healthy isn’t a pipe dream. Here’s exactly how to do it.

Many of you wonder how to “help the world’s poorest kids” - well, ONE is offering you the direct course of action with our Global Food Revolution movement to help achieve just that. All we need is your voice. Intrigued? Read on.  I’m just going to cut to the chase because I know you’re anxious to help. G8

The winners of ONE Campus Challenge 2013!!

The winners of ONE Campus Challenge 2013!!

Roren Choi from ONE’s Campus team announces the winners of Challenge 3, the OCC Bonus Round and the grand prize winners of this year’s OCC Challenge!  It’s that time of year. Warmer weather… baseball… finals… and the end of ONE Campus Challenge Season 6. And let me tell you, ONE’s student chapters across the country went

A Q&A with Ghana’s Vaccine King

A Q&A with Ghana’s Vaccine King

This interview was originally posted on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Impatient Optimists blog. By John Murphy.  Dr. K.O. Antwi-Agyei manages the Expanded Programme on Immunisation in Ghana, where he oversees the day-to-day work to ensure vaccines reach children across the country.  Ghana’s health care system has put a lot of its resources into vaccines.

Google+ Hangout: Learn the basics of malaria from the experts!

Google+ Hangout: Learn the basics of malaria from the experts!

New to the fight against malaria? Looking to refresh your knowledge in the issue?Then this back-to-basics video chat for World Malaria Day is for you.  For World Malaria Day, Thursday, April 25, we’re bringing you a once-in-a-blue-moon opportunity to learn about malaria from the people who dedicate their lives to fighting it. Together, they’ll cut through the clutter

‘My life was a secret’: Confessions of an HIV+ activist

‘My life was a secret’: Confessions of an HIV+ activist

Jamie Gentille, an HIV/AIDS advocate who works with organizations like ONE and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, shares her experience growing up HIV-positive.  When I was a kid, my life was a secret.  I couldn’t tell my friends that I contracted HIV from a blood transfusion during open-heart surgery when I was three. I couldn’t

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