Witney W. Schneidman, former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Of State For African Affairs In The Clinton Administration, and friend to ONE, published this important article about aid in the July 13, 2009, issue of Newsweek.
The beginning of his article is below, the full piece is on the Newsweek site. If you have questions, Schneidman [...]
Women pack up their businesses at the end of the day at the crowded Grand Marche market in Kinshasa, Congo
The Grand Marche market in Kinshasa brims with tens of thousands of vendors. To the untrained eye, the market is full of chaos and confusion. To those who dare to look past the sea of people, [...]
I recently met with the President of the US Africa Sister Cities Foundation (USACF), Shirley Rivens Smith. She told me that the Foundation is an arm of Sister Cities International which creates partnerships between cities around the globe. The purpose of sister city relationships is to promote friendship and mutual understanding between two [...]
Richard has slept on the streets, under freeways, in parks, and on sidewalks. But today, he is a proud resident of Nickelsville, a tent city named for Seattle’s mayor.
From the moment I walked into the “city limits”, Richard made me feel welcome. This interview is taped in front of his home. Richard does a nice [...]
Reuters: Oxfam Calls on G8 to Increase Aid to Poor Farmers
Oxfam said today that leaders from the world’s industrialized economies should commit to increasing investment in agriculture in poor countries when they meet in Italy next week. It has released a report which finds that agricultural assistance by Group of Eight donor countries has fallen [...]
I wanted to report back on another interesting session that I attended during last week’s UN Conference. It was titled “Recovering from Global Crisis: Towards an Action plan for Africa and the Least Developed Countries” and included Dr Dipu Moni, the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh; Dr Asha-Rose Migiro, UN Deputy Secretary-General; and Mr Cheick Sidi [...]
When I visited the boy I sponsor in India, Sarath, he didn’t talk so much. We instead communicated with the toss of a Frisbee. But at the end of the visit as he walked me back to the bus, this little boy who had said little else, said over and over, “Please pray for [...]
LA PAZ, BOLIVIA – IJM Bolivia fights sexual violence by tenaciously representing victims in court – but the team also seeks to transform the landscape entirely by building a movement that will bring new allies to the fight on behalf of vulnerable children. The IJM Bolivia team seeks to nurture partners within Bolivia?s Christian community who will bring their faith and passion to combat sexual violence against children.
“We’re light years ahead of other communities,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas Molloy, who’s prosecuted 20 slavery and human trafficking cases throughout Southwest Florida over the past decade, freeing 50 victims. “Because of our united community efforts, we’re in a place most areas aspire to.”
Those efforts include a two-man team at the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, a multiagency task force and a new command center at Florida Gulf Coast University: The Esperanza Project.
In 2000, the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act was enacted to supplement existing laws and establish new tools and resources to combat human trafficking and provide services and protections for its victims.
The Human Trafficking Rescue Project, a task force based in Kansas City, Mo., and coordinated by assistant U.S. attorney Cynthia Cordes, has resulted in more than 30 people — mostly from Missouri and eastern Kansas — being charged with human trafficking since its founding in 2006.
The trial resumed on Monday with the continued testimony of the witness from Friday, who further explained to the Court that girl child soldiers were raped and impregnated by UPC commanders.
“[The commanders] took girls and would get them pregnant, and then these girls had to leave the camp and go [back] to the village,” the witness said.
On June [...]
Last Thursday ONE members met with representatives from the Des Moines offices of Senators Tom Harkin and Charles Grassley to discuss the importance of combating extreme poverty across the globe. The representatives were encouraged to support President Obama’s 1.4 billion dollar request for global agricultural efforts. We also discussed the decline of developmental [...]
Update! We are now within just a few hundred signers of our 100,000 goal. If you’ve not already done so, please sign our petition in support of the Water for the World Act. On that same topic, check out this great post from John Sauer and Katryn Bowe of Water Advocates:
More than 99,000 [...]
At a congressional briefing last Thursday, leading global health experts pushed for stronger U.S. leadership and more aggressive global policies to combat HIV/TB co-infection worldwide. The hearing coincided with the Center for Global Health Policy’s release of “Deadly Duo: The Synergy Between HIV/AIDS & Tuberculosis”, which echoed many of the main points of the briefing. [...]
ONE Member Michael Castaldo of Dover, New Hampshire recently wrote in this excellent letter to the editor of the Foster’s Daily Democrat. It was so well done and well deserved, I hope Michael doesn’t mind if I re-post it here in full:
Don’t trim fat on the backs of the poor
To the editor: Right now, [...]
