Neglected tropical diseases, or NTDs, are parasitic and bacterial diseases that can cause severe pain and long-term disability. In 2015, more than 1.5 billion of the world’s poorest people needed treatment or care for NTDs. That’s more than HIV, TB, and malaria combined. They cause severe pain, long-term disability, and are the cause of death for more than 170,000 people per year.
In 2006, President George W. Bush launched an initiative to combat NTDs that was implemented by the U.S. Agency...
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For the fourth year in a row, ONE, Accountability Lab, and #CultureFix have teamed up to host the Honesty Oscars! This campaign honors inspirational organizations, activists, and artists who make our world more transparent and hold our governments and corporations more accountable.
And once again, YOU got to choose the winner! Hundreds of you went to honestyoscars.org to vote on who you think should win in the categories of Best Female Activist, Best Male Activist, Best Photo, Best Picture/Film, and Best Song. And...
Right now, our newsfeeds are packed with incredible stories of women taking action. To honor the persistence and drive of those women, we’re taking a look at some truly influential women’s rights activists: Suffragists around the world A 1915 photograph of large crowd of suffragists on Capitol steps, some with banners, one with American flag, some in academic gowns, overseen by two uniformed policemen. (Photo credit: Public domain/Wikimedia Commons) Suffrage has been a worldwide movement with countless determined...
With the force of nearly 2 million ONE members in the U.S., ONE Vote ’16 set out to educate and mobilize voters to ensure that the next president and Congress would be committed to using the United States’ strategic power to help end extreme poverty and create a safer and more stable world.
We knew the next president and Congress would take office at a critical time when there are effective and affordable solutions available that save lives: providing AIDS...
With President Barack Obama’s last full day in office drawing near, we wanted to take a look back at the times he — and First Lady Michelle Obama — were key figures in the fight against poverty and preventable disease. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) The Electrify Africa Act is signed into law The president helped 15 million more people get access to electricity with Power Africa and signed the Electrify Africa Act to continue...
Thanks to the ease of email, sitting down and hand-writing an actual letter has fallen out of style. But we have to admit there’s something truly powerful about putting pen to paper in an effort to change the world. Below you’ll find a list of some of our favorite correspondences and open letters… and one we hope you’ll add your name to, too! 1. Nellie Bly Photo credit: Public domain/Wikimedia Commons “Nellie Bly” was a pioneer of...
With Inauguration Day coming up, let’s take a look back at a few inspirational inauguration addresses from Democrats and Republicans alike. We chose these particular quotes because they take aim at the issue of global poverty, a cause that ONE and its members have shared with many past presidents. 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Second Inaugural Address, 1957 “In too much of the earth there is want, discord, danger… From the deserts of North Africa to the islands of the South...
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Artists from around the globe are telling world leaders what girls and women REALLY want in order to achieve the Global Goals!
Here, students learn to code from a world-class curriculum with top quality instructors and mentors to support them in the process—and many have gone on to do amazing things!