Are you still with me? Still tracking with these thoughts on eliminating poverty? Good.
Now, I’ll share with you some data – data that show the Millennium Development Goals are on target.
We used to say that 40,000 children under age 5 die every day of hunger or preventable diseases. Then about 6 to 7 years ago this [...]
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Laughter. My time in Uganda was filled with laughter. We laughed when we saw each other in the morning, when we told stories, when we walked through villages, when we shared tea, and simply at a funny look. In a moment there is laughter. Contagious laughter. So beautiful; I wish I could bottle it up and take it home. I once got an email from a colleague listening to my laughter through our shared wall that was titled, “I love your laughter.” She would have loved to have been in Uganda with me where laughter is sometimes found in the unlikeliest of things.
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Remember to tune in to the season premiere of “Ugly Betty” tonight at 8 PM EST on ABC. The episode will feature Nothing But Nets and a plot-line involving the eradication of malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
Here’s a short interview with America Ferrera on this morning’s Good Morning America discussing the season premiere and Nothing But Nets. [...]
Check out this post from our partner organization TransFair USA about Fair Trade Month in October.
Every October, we launch a month-long campaign to promote awareness and sales of Fair Trade Certified™ products. This year’s theme, 31 Days 31 Ways, offers opportunities to make every October day a Fair Trade day. Each day you can learn [...]
Dan Trumble, a managerial accountant in Finance Business Partner Support, tells a story of one man’s salvation brought about in a way that only God can orchestrate.
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The ONE Blog was just one of thousands of blogs all over the world participating in Blog Action Day ‘09 today. As you know, this year’s common theme was climate change.
Here are a few other posts I came across. I’m sure I missed quite a few, so please feel free to share your [...]
Today is Global Handwashing Day. And even in America, with soap and safe water easily accessible, it never hurts to remind everyone to do what mom used to say: wash your hands with soap. Even Elmo is on board, teaching kids to wash their hands often, for 20 seconds, with soap, while singing [...]
Check out this post from our partner organization Save the Children, the first partner post in our Food Security in Focus series. This post focuses on how proper nutrition, particularly for children, is an essential component to achieving food security. Stay tuned to the blog for more entries over the coming month.
-Kara Arsenault
Today is [...]
On Tuesday night, ONE staff joined a gigantic malaria vector to enjoy a “mosquito mojito” and to support United Against Malaria in kicking malaria out of Africa.
United Against Malaria is a partnership of NGOs, footballers, governments, corporations, foundations, and individuals who are joining forces to fight malaria in the lead-up to the 2010 World [...]
Happy Blog Action Day! As we told you earlier in the week, over 8,700 blogs around the world are taking part by devoting space to discussing climate change. Arjun Mody offers this great recap about our Climate Campaign:
Over the past several weeks, about 55,000 ONE members raised their hands, and asked their Senators [...]
I read a blog post the other day that I want to share with you. It’s titled Why I Stopped Serving the Poor, and it was written by Claudio Oliver of Curitiba, Brazil. His grandparents founded the Salvation Army in Brazil.
“Without exception, rich and poor have the same conviction that what they need [...]
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Keep an eye out this month for posts about food security and agriculture as part of our Food Security in Focus series. Food security and agriculture have been pushed to the forefront of the global agenda, and we’d like to make sure they stay there. Now’s your chance to learn more about what’s happening in [...]
What does S.1524 + 15 equal? Momentum.
We’re happy to announce the Foreign Assistance Revitalization and Accountability Act (S.1524) now has 15 cosponsors in the Senate. ONE is building support for this important legislation with our Upgrade Aid petition– now over 40,000 strong!
Full list of cosponsors below. Please sing the Upgrade Aid petition [...]
This Saturday, October 17th, multiplatinum selling band Third Day will be performing at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. The band has generously offered to let ONE set up booths to sign up new ONE members and build our growing movement of dedicated individuals like you, working to end global poverty.
If you live in the [...]
A CSR Special Report
Kate Davey Director of Research Projects
Sarah Pierce Legal Intern and Director of Outreach, Development and Communication
Children have been used as tools of war throughout history, serving not only as foot soldiers on the front line, but also as spies, porters and sexual slaves. Lawmakers and human rights organizations generally recognize the following from the [...]
