It is very easy for governments to make commitments aimed at addressing societal challenges, but delivering on such commitments by transforming them into action can be a challenge. It is imperative for non-state actors, and the public at large, to challenge governments when they fail to deliver on their commitments if public investment is to have a positive and sustainable impact on societal challenges like hunger, food insecurity and poverty. Robust and credible empirical evidence is necessary to hold governments to account for their commitments.

NPR: Meet the four African women who are changing the face of coffee – Your morning coffee has a history, and chances are, it starts in Africa. Even more certainly, the production probably started in the hands of women. It’s estimated that 70 percent of the maintenance and harvesting of coffee beans are done by

This week, we’re featuring photos from Ghana, Mozambique, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania submitted by ONE members and a few friends from the nonprofit community. Take a look, and as always, tell us which one is your favorite in the comments below. I would LOVE to be stuck on this island. Just gorgeous. Bazaruto Island, Mozambique.

In this Amazing Africa photo set, I decided to highlight the bountiful crops and produce from some of the street markets and US-funded farming programs that we tour during our site visits to Africa. If you have any photos from your trips to Africa that you would like us to feature in our next Amazing

Peg Willingham, executive director of global vaccines at the UN Foundation, reports on the UN’s campaign to vaccinate 3.6 million children against measles from Mozambique. I am in Mozambique this week for the launch of a five-day nationwide campaign to vaccinate 3.6 million children under the age of five against measles. Thousands of health workers

Billionaires Balk at Buffett and Gates Initiative – A brouhaha has been brewing in China amid rampant speculation that Chinese billionaires are dodging invitations to a banquet hosted by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett later this month… because they are nervous about being hit up for donations. (ABC News) Uneasy Calm Returns to Mozambique After

U.S. Will Give Mozambique $1 Billion to Fight HIV – The U.S. says it will provide $1 billion over the next five years to help fight AIDS in Mozambique, including strengthening the country’s health system and improving access to treatment. The goal is for the government, aid groups, and private sector to harmonize their efforts

This week, President Obama hosted the Young African Leaders forum here in Washington, D.C. The forum brought together 120 dynamic individuals from more than 40 countries in an effort to forge strong, forward-looking partnerships across the continent and with the United States. President Obama’s town hall speech at the White House The goal was to

ONE just returned from a listening and learning trip to Senegal, Ghana, Mozambique and Kenya with members of our board and other supporters. Below is a post from Dr. Regina Kapinga, Program Office at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: My name is Dr. Regina Kapinga, Program Officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

ONE just returned from a listening and learning trip to Senegal, Ghana, Mozambique and Kenya with members of our board and other supporters. ONE’s Beth Adler reflects on a water and sanitation public private partnership in Mozambique: One of our days in hot and green Mozambique was spent welcoming some ONE delegation members to a

Last week I spoke to 4-year-old Ercilia in the village of Muzingane Bairro 3. As she played with her friend Carlos on the swings at their preschool, Ercilia told me how much she loves her new playground. She smiled and laughed as Carlos pushed her high up into the air on the swing. Nothing is

Thanks to all the ONE members who rallied and contacted their elected officials in support of PEPFAR reauthorization. Last week’s action by Congress will bring hope to millions of children living in countries hit hard by the AIDS crisis. If you are curious about how your actions will trickle down to the country and community

Senator Frist is sending in daily posts from ONE’s recent trip to Rwanda. Below is the post he wrote about Sunday. SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST-CATHEDRAL The drive to Saint John the Baptist-Cathedral in Ruhengeri is about two hours. It is a windy, but beautiful, road. Rwanda is known as the Land of a Thousand Hills,

July 19, 2 pm Nyandugu Coffee Washing Station How in the world can you take an economy in which over 50% of the population is under the poverty level, is landlocked, ranks somewhere around 160th out of 180 countries on the “Developmental Scale,” and even think about “making extreme poverty history?” as we in ONE

July 19, 2008 11 am The first stop this morning was the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center. John Podesta and I laid a wreath at the mass grave site of the genocide victims. I had the opportunity to do this last year when I was in Rwanda with Samaritan’s Purse, Scott Hughett, and my wife, Karyn