Last updated on 10/07/2025
In moments of crisis, the stories we tell matter. The right story has the power to shape a movement, disrupt a crisis, provide comfort, community, inspiration.
The wrong story can fuel chaos, thwart justice and progress, and cause irreparable human suffering – even loss of life.
At ONE, we consider ourselves to be “factivists,” driven not by partisan ideology but by facts and data – and a desire to use those facts and data to ensure...
Caroline Rourke
Springtime in Washington, DC means one thing...
The ONE Power Summit is back! ONE's annual gathering of US activists arrived at a pivotal time: Following disruptions to US foreign assistance and USAID, activists headed to Congress to make sure lawmakers know that investments in effective, accountable foreign assistance programs are investments in a safer, stronger future for us all.
By The Numbers
111 activists traveled to Washington DC for the Power Summit, representing 41 different states!
Our youngest activist in 2025 was...
A pause to US foreign assistance impacts millions of of people around the world. It also impacts Americans.
Foreign assistance is an incredible US legacy, lifting millions of people out of poverty and giving them the resources they need to lead healthy, thriving lives – the lives ONE believes everyone, everywhere deserves a chance to live.
But foreign assistance isn’t the only tool in America’s arsenal to fight global extreme poverty. Private sector investment in developing countries can be a transformative influence, creating much needed economic growth and building on the support foreign assistance provides, eventually reducing the...
ONE is calling on world leaders to show up for IDA in a big way - so what’s it all about?
Celebrate July 4 by joining ONE's fight to make the world a safer, healthier, and more equitable place for everyone!
Congress must reauthorize PEPFAR to keep up the fight against HIV/AIDS. Here's three reasons why.
Janet Kallon is an auditor, activist, entrepreneur – and a 2023 Mandela Washington Fellow. She calls Sierra Leone home but, for the month of August, she worked out of ONE’s Washington, D.C. office as part of her fellowship, which champions young African leaders.
Learn more about Janet, in her own words:
Q: Tell us a little about yourself!
I’m Janet, and I’m from Sierra Leone. I’ve been a dedicated advocate for 10 years! In my day job I help provide audits and...
On this day, twenty years ago, President George W. Bush signed the US Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act, forever altering the global fight to end preventable disease.
The bill authorized the program we now know as PEPFAR, which has helped save 25 million lives from HIV/AIDS since 2003. When PEPFAR was approved by both chambers of Congress, then Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist told the New York Times that PEPFAR was a “truly historic leap that may...
In a letter co-authored by Christian musician Michael W. Smith and Christian emcee and poet Propaganda, among others, more than 80 faith leaders from all 50 states and across faith traditions asked Congress to reauthorize the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, which has helped save 25 million lives from HIV/AIDS since its creation in 2003.
Faith leaders have been essential to the creation & success of @PEPFAR & its work to end #AIDS.
Significant to see so...