Peter Taylor

This week sees the launch of the 2012 DATA report: a bumper edition of facts, figures, graphs and tables that shine a light on the progress made by European countries towards their aid promises. To save trees, and see the report as widely read as possible we’re created ebook versions that are compatible with Kindle,

This week Bob Geldof returned to Ethiopia to highlight various issues in the country including food security, in the run up to the G8 Summit due to take place at Camp David this weekend. Bob Geldof has called on the leaders of the G8 to make good on their promises to tackle extreme poverty and

Today Bill Gates joined ONE members and Spanish activists in Madrid to highlight the important message that Spanish aid saves lives. The event was timed to coincide with Bill Gates’ visit to Madrid where he met policymakers including President Mariano Rajoy to talk about global poverty. Spain’s development aid has helped save millions of lives

Today Bill Gates addressed a meeting in Rome where he told the international agricultural community it had fallen short of delivering the help that small farmers in developing countries need, and that a better approach to supporting farming was needed to feed a billion hungry people. “If you care about the poorest, you care about

The Millennium Development Goals or MDGs are mentioned regularly by ONE (and many other campaigning organizations) — but how well-known are they? Could you list all eight? And do you how many are likely to have been met by their target date of 2015? The MDGs are a set of poverty-busting targets agreed by 189

This morning in London, 13 pharmaceutical companies, the US, UK and UAE governments, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank and other global health organizations announced a new plan to eliminate or control 10 neglected tropical diseases, which disproportionally affect 1.4 billion of the world’s poorest people. Dr Caroline Anstey of the World

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!

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

While leaders meet at the G20 summit in Cannes, Bill Gates was invited to speak about financing for development. In his report, he makes the case for why we must continue investing in the livelihoods of poor people—and he suggests some innovative ways to do it. In the report, Bill Gates says: “Leadership from the

We’re publishing this story as part of Blog Action Day 2011 Maria Mchele Mwasonge used to sleep on a rag on the floor with her five children. Living Proof | Growing a Better Future with Sweet Potatoes from ONE Campaign on Vimeo. But then she met Mwanaidi Rhamadani, a trained female farmer in her home

Everyone, give a warm welcome to Peter Taylor — he’s ONE’s newest tech geek and is based out of our UK office. He has some great ideas for ONE’s digital presence, so keep an eye out for new features! We’ve been working over the past few days to bring you the new version of the