By Lorriann Robinson, ONE UK Policy & Advocacy Manager Every year, more than 13 million girls marry before their 18th birthday. These girls overwhelmingly come from the world’s poorest countries, and are often the poorest girls within their communities. Early marriage is a complex problem, the root causes of which are many and varied. But poverty, and often extreme poverty, is an important piece of the jigsaw. It is both a cause and a consequence of early marriage. Arranging for their daughters to be...
Made in a Free World is an incredible network of individuals, groups and businesses working together to disrupt slavery and make freedom go viral. In this post, they share images from their latest field project, MIAFW: India, which addresses slavery and child labor in the cosmetic industry. Have you ever heard of mica? It’s one of the most commonly found ingredients in cosmetics. Chances are, you may have something with the sparkly mineral – like eyeshadow or blush – in your makeup bag. I bet...
Our special guest writer of the day is Ryan, a 4th grader who lives with her Mom and Dad in San Francisco, CA.  She occasionally writes on her mom’s blog Little Pickle Press.  She enjoys playing soccer, hanging out with her friends, and loves to sing and dance. Photo caption: Caught in the act! Ryan reading her book Wonder. Photo Credit: Rana DiOrio. Wonder is a book about a boy named August who has never been to school before starting in...
As schooling typically takes place during the day, we often forget the importance of lighting as a constraint to education in the developing world. We focus largely on pedagogy and little on access to energy. A recent documentary by award-winning filmmaker Eva Weber entitled “Black Out” (which you can watch in the player bel0w) captures the importance of energy to education. In its opening scene, hundreds of children in Guinea’s capital Conakry are too busy studying under the international airport’s parking lot lights to notice the sound of planes landing. The learners, none of whom have electricity at home, gather in publicly lit areas every night just to revise their school work.
Evans Wadongo, founder and executive director of Sustainable Development for All Kenya and one of CNN’s top 10 heroes of 2010, explains why electricity is so important to African development. Like 68 percent of the population of sub-Saharan Africa, Evans grew up without a dependable source of power. Check out how his personal experience growing up in rural Kenya inspired him to make a change. Energy poverty is a time bomb, an issue that receives little attention but is contributing so...
ONE Mom Blogger, philanthropist and model Maya Haile Samuelsson is traveling to Ethiopia with ONE in October. This blog post is part of our coverage in the lead up to the trip. PHOTO CREDIT: Karen Walrond   I would like start by sincerely thanking all the ONE Moms who are sacrificing their time and energy and lending their voices to echo the need for partnership in bringing real change to many Ethiopians and to celebrate the progress made so far. It is...