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...
It's that time of year again: We're headed to The Farm! ONE has had a presence at Tennessee's Bonnaroo music festival for more than a decade, braving heat and inclement weather to take action and bring new voices to our fight against poverty and preventable disease! We couldn't do the work we do without our amazing volunteers. Meet Sophia, one of our Alabama activists - and a repeat Bonnaroo volunteer! Sophia, why did you join ONE? I was introduced to ONE...
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...
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...
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...