Ajayi Iyinoluwa Joshua is the winner of the 2024 Samantha Singh Memorial Award. The award-winning essay answered this question: ‘Write a data-driven memo on the impacts of climate change in your community, and what young activists can do to challenge the status quo.’ A photo of our colleague, Samantha Singh, who passed away in 2020. The Samantha Singh Memorial Award was established in her memory. As climate change tightens its grip in our community, the once predictable rhythms of nature are unraveling before...
The global response to COVID-19 is not working. So far this year, despite the development and roll out of effective vaccines, more than twice the number of people have died from COVID-19 than in all 2020. More than 8,000 people died each day in the past week. A new target to vaccinate 70% of the population in all country income categories by September 2022 could provide the impetus needed to bring the pandemic under control. But as ONE‘s latest analysis...