Women around the world are working hard every day to fight the pandemic. From fighting food insecurity in their communities and inventing crucial tools to fight the pandemic, to using their positions of power to demand change, they’re working to make 2022 the year we end the pandemic.
That‘s why we want to introduce you to a few of them. Keep reading to find out!
Nomonde Kweza, or “Mama Nomonde”
In South Africa, Nomonde Kweza, also known as “Mama Nomonde,” is feeding...
COVID-19
If your social media feed or city streets were flooded with calls to #EndThePandemic once and for all, then you‘re familiar with our Global Week of Action.
From 15-22 January, ONE, our dedicated Global Activists, and our partners called on leaders of rich countries to finally make 2022 the year they end the pandemic and vaccinate the world.
Here‘s what happened.
Taking over billboards and social media
All week long ONE and it‘s partners took over billboards in France, London and Berlin, plastered...
Omicron has raised a lot of questions about what comes next in the pandemic. What will future variants look like? Will this just become like the seasonal flu soon? Should we all just learn to live with COVID-19 and all the disruptions?
Two years in, we all know it‘s impossible to predict the direction of COVID-19. But we‘ve tackled some of the myths and misconceptions about what might come after Omicron.
Myth 1. Omicron isn‘t really that bad.
The highly transmissible Omicron...
Did you know that #Omicron and Transformers (yes, those Transformers) have a lot in common?
Omicron is the pandemic‘s latest threat against us. And by hoarding the supply of COVID-19 vaccines, world leaders are allowing variants like Omicron to continue to grow and spread. That means Omicron may be the latest variant to spread around the world — but it certainly won‘t be the last.
Learn more and demand that leaders of rich countries share vaccine doses to end the pandemic...
It‘s in all our interests to end the pandemic and the economic crisis it continues to drive. We have the means to do this, so what are the issues standing between us and finally ending the pandemic?
1. Wealthy countries are still hoarding vaccines despite nearly meeting the global vaccination target
Did you know? New analysis from ONE shows that twice as many people in wealthier countries have received a booster shot as people in low-income countries got their first vaccine...
ONE has been pressing world leaders to commit to a global plan to end this pandemic for 18 months. And, today it‘s finally happening! On Wednesday September 22 at the UN General Assembly, world leaders, the private sector, and organizations like ONE will gather for a Global COVID-19 Summit to commit to a plan to vaccinate the world.
We‘re 18 months into this pandemic, and we have seen remarkable acts of heroism, compassion, and scientific innovation. But we‘ve also seen...
Imagine a place where COVID-19 never ends. Where the virus just constantly mutates, crosses borders, and wreaks havoc on our lives and livelihoods. Where life as we know it doesn‘t return for anyone. It sounds horrible right?
We already imagined such a place with our animated series Pandemica which we released six months ago. We made it as a warning.
But millions of people are already living in this grim reality. And it will only get worse if global leaders don‘t...
COVID-19 cases in Africa hit a record high in July. South Africa had the highest officially recorded COVID-19 infections and deaths, with more than 2.5 million confirmed cases over the course of the pandemic, and over 75,000 deaths. In fact, South Africa accounts for almost 40% of all coronavirus-related deaths on the continent.
The blue line refers to South Africa’s total. Visit our Africa Tracker for more data.
The blue line refers to South Africa’s total.
This latest wave of COVID-19 infections...
As world leaders gather virtually and in person at the start of today‘s Global Education Summit, ONE is urging them to not waste this crucial opportunity to make a dent in the global learning crisis. The Lost Potential Tracker shows that every day, over 193,000 10-year-olds do not gain basic literacy skills. That‘s 70 million children — or more than half of the world’s 10-year-olds — potentially affected by the end of 2021. By 2030, the crisis could affect...
Majd Mansour, a ONE activist from the UK, is sharing how the unfair vaccine distribution globally is severely impacting already existing inequalities in the world.
It is no secret that some of the world‘s richest nations have a surplus supply of COVID-19 vaccines. In fact, it was expected. However, only 1% of people in low-income countries have received at least one vaccine dose. The director-general of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, went as far as labeling this...