10 years ago today, Nelson Mandela gave this inspirational speech to 20,000 people gathered in London’s Trafalgar Square. It became a rallying cry for many of us on the journey to end extreme poverty. Nelson Mandela’s determination to see every South African treated equally, regardless of race, was echoed by a broader belief that extreme poverty is a global injustice no-one should have to endure. Several ONE staff were there to hear those words, and are still being driven by the impact...
In 2014, we revealed a shocking scandal. Every year, more than a trillion dollars is siphoned out of developing countries. A trillion! That’s twelve zeros: 1,000,000,000,000. Imagine what that could mean to countries working their way out of extreme poverty. We’re not talking about international aid, which is making a real and tangible difference, but money taken from developing countries’ own budgets and economies. Shady deals for natural resources like oil and minerals; anonymous shell companies used to launder dirty money;...