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New ONE PSA Shines Light on Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things
‘Halfway There’ celebrates the activists who helped slash poverty in half, urges us to finish the job.
ONE & Actor/Activist Idris Elba Urge Swift Global Action on Ebola Following UN Meeting; Warn Funds Must Get to Ground Quickly
Elba and ONE deliver petition to UN officials with 100,000+ people demanding swifter action on Ebola crisis.
ONE Applauds Major US Commitment to Ebola Response
WASHINGTON – The ONE Campaign today praised President Obama’s announcement to significantly increase US funding and resources in response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa.
Tom Hart, US Executive…
ONE shines light on the “Trillion Dollar Scandal”
At least a trillion dollars a year is siphoned out of developing countries through corrupt activity involving shady deals for natural resources, the use of phantom firms, money laundering and illegal tax evasion, according to new research by The ONE Campaign. These are precious resources to fight poverty in countries that can least afford to lose them.
NEW POLL: African Citizens Speak Out on Top Priorities, Views of US and China, and Other Concerns
Ahead of Historic White House Summit, ONE and GeoPoll Surveyed citizens across nine African Countries.
New ONE Initiative Presents World through Eyes of Girls & Women
The ONE Campaign today launched a new Girls and Women initiative, with the goal of motivating people to take action against extreme poverty, which disproportionately affects girls and women. The program will feature a vibrant web portal which will serve as the go-to site for news and information on issues affecting girls and women, all curated by high-profile, compassionate influencers.
ONE Launches Power Project to Rally Senate Support for the Energize Africa Act
The ONE Campaign kicked off the Power Project, a nationwide effort to raise support for life-changing bipartisan legislation in the Senate to help African countries deliver electricity to millions of people for the first time.
ONE Applauds House and Senate Passage of Foreign Ops Appropriations Bill
WASHINGTON – The ONE Campaign welcomes the passage of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) bill by the US House and Senate Appropriations Committees. Both bills provide…
ONE Applauds Senate Foreign Relations Committee for Energize Africa Approval
WASHINGTON, DC – The ONE Campaign applauds the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for favorably reporting the bipartisan Energize Africa Act yesterday. Introduced by Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Ranking…
ONE Applauds Senate Introduction of the Energize Africa Act
The Energize Africa Act, like the Electrify Africa Act that passed the House, is a transformative piece of legislation that would help millions of people access the electricity necessary to run hospitals, schools, factories, farms, and businesses.
ONE is 10
Let us continue to fight poverty, injustice and gross inequality; let us be that “great generation” Nelson Mandela spoke of nine years ago in Trafalgar Square and bring an end to extreme poverty.
ONE Welcomes G7 Summit News on Extractives Transparency
This is a particularly salient message given recent efforts by some oil companies to undermine the global move toward project-level reporting in the US.