Press Releases

29 July 2009

MFAN commends Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA), Ranking Minority Member Dick Lugar (R-IN), and Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Bob Corker (R-TN), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Jim Risch (R-ID) for introducing the Foreign Assistance Revitalization and Accountability Act of 2009 (S.1524). The bill aims to start the process of foreign assistance reform, and we urge Members of both parties to support its final passage.

13 July 2009

ONE joins the NAACP to rally hundreds of young people in the fight against global poverty in Africa.

10 July 2009

Campaign group welcomes deal for farmers; calls for clarity of commitments

7 July 2009

L’Aquila, Italy — Leaders of the world’s eight biggest economies must act this week to rescue their aid promises to Africa, advocacy group ONE said today, including agreeing a special deal for the continent’s farmers.

3 July 2009

Los Angeles, Calif.-On Friday, July 3, the global anti-poverty organization ONE will celebrate the Los Angeles premier of the award-winning film Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love. The film chronicles the remarkable story of Youssou Ndour, Grammy-award winning artist and social activist who also serves as a member of ONE’s Policy Advisory Board.

2 July 2009

Washington, D.C.-More than 100,000 ONE members called on Senators to provide first time clean water and sanitation for the world’s poorest people by cosponsoring the Durbin-Corker Water for the World Act of 2009 (S. 624).

2 July 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. – ONE, the advocacy organization to fight extreme poverty, today announced that it is launching a recruitment drive for new members as part of the U2 360° world tour. It will use its presence and profile through the tour to raise awareness and let people know about the critical progress being made against extreme poverty and preventable disease in Africa. ONE, co-founded by Bono, will be present at the venues and featured in the show throughout U2’s tour, which kicked off Tuesday night in Barcelona and will be seen by over 3 million fans this year.

24 June 2009

ONE Launches “2009 ONE Africa Award” for African Leadership, Activism

18 June 2009

G7 Finance Ministers arriving today in Lecce, Italy, must urgently deliver a plan showing how they will meet the promises to Africa they made four years ago at the Gleneagles Summit, global advocacy group ONE said today.

15 June 2009

G8 commitments to Africa: some on track, but Italy and France may cause G8 as a whole to default Bill Gates, Bob Geldof, Dr Françoise Ndayishimiye, Arunma Oteh and Archbishop Desmond Tutu launch ONE’s 2009 DATA Report at London press conference •G8 starting to deliver aid quantity and quality; Italy and France threaten progress. •Smarter aid flows generating results against AIDS, malaria, illiteracy. •G8 delivering on debt cancellation, failing on trade; small steps promoting investment. • Need for renewed effort, starting at Italian G8 Finance Ministers meeting tomorrow.

1 June 2009

Washington D.C. – Hawaii ONE member Mary-Louise Dunigan travelled all the way to Sen. Daniel Inouye’s Washington, D.C. office Thursday to ask him to support critical programs that provide people with necessary tools to lift themselves out of extreme poverty. On behalf of almost 600 fellow Hawaii ONE members, Dunigan, a resident of Mililani, delivered a petition asking Senator Inouye to use his authority as Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee to fully fund the President’s budget for the struggle against global poverty.

1 June 2009

San José, Calif.–San José City Councilmember Ash Kalra joined Andrew P. Hill High School students, teachers and other members of the grassroots, global anti-poverty organization ONE June 1 to…