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More than 150,000 ONE Members Urge World to Drop Haiti’s Debt
Anti-poverty group delivers petition to IMF asking global creditors to drop Haiti’s $1 billion debt.
Cindy McCain and Actress Connie Britton Among Influential Women Joining ONE Delegation to Africa
Washington D.C. – A delegation of prominent women are travelling to Ghana and Sierra Leone with the anti-poverty group ONE this week. The trip is designed as a “Listening and Learning Tour” to raise awareness about opportunities to improve health, education and economic opportunity for women and girls in the developing world.
ONE Pushes for Long-Term Help for Haiti through Debt Relief, Favorable Grants
Group calls on U.S. Treasury Sec. Tim Geithner to help secure cancelation of Haiti’s debt.
ONE Welcomes Rajiv Shah to USAID
Washington D.C. – Today, Rajiv Shah was sworn in as the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Following the ceremony, David Lane, President and CEO of ONE made the following statement.
ONE Reacts to Remarks from Secretary Clinton
Washington D.C. – Today, Secretary Clinton delivered remarks on the direction of United States global development strategy and its role in U.S foreign policy.
Without ‘additionality’ of climate funds, Copenhagen adds up to nothing
Creative thinking urgently needed to tap alternative sources of climate finance
ONE and Malaria No More Launch “Malaria Griots”
Interactive education program will train advocates to be leaders in the fight against malaria
Project developed with support from experts in online learning, the Masie Center and Blackboard Inc
New ONE Celebrity PSA Campaign Urges Youth To Take Aim at Poverty and Preventable Disease
Campaign Features Stars from “Gossip Girl,” “Twilight,” “Heroes,” “High School Musical,” “90210,” “Star Trek” and “Tropic Thunder”
“Coming Together as ONE” Launches on eve of World AIDS Day 2009
Kenyan Slum Youth Group Wins 2009 ONE Africa Award
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania-A community organization founded by young people in Nairobi’s slums has won the ONE Africa Award, an annual prize given by the global anti-poverty group to honor ground-breaking work by African non-governmental organizations
ONE Welcomes USAID Administrator Nominee Rajiv Shah
Washington, D.C. – Today, President Obama announced Rajiv Shah as his nominee for Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Global climate deal ‘matter of life and death’ for millions in Africa – ONE
•G20 Finance Ministers urged to agree major funding to help poorest fight climate change, over and above existing aid pledges
•Africa must be a key partner in helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions
ONE reaction to G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St Andrews
Warm words alone won’t fight poverty or climate change. While the hosts can be commended for trying, the G20 collectively have failed to ensure that the resources to help…