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Bono, Occupy And The Challenge Of Following The Jesus Of The Oppressed

Jason Wojciechowski | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Tony Campolo, Poverty, ONE Campaign, Occupy Wall Street, Jesus, Bono, Charity, Occupy Faith, Philanthropy, Christianity, Religion News
Jason Wojciechowski

We should commend his service and giving for social good just as we might the activist, but none of this should shadow the reality that poverty and injustice exist because of an unjust system that favors victors with spoils and curses the less fortunate with misery.

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Ghana -- A Most Excellent Adventure

ONE | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Ghana, ONE Campaign, Malnutrition, GAVI Alliance, ONE Moms, One Ghana Trip, ONE Ghana, Global Maternal Health, Global Children's Health, Maternal Health, Global Motherhood, Impact News
ONE

Seeing the starving kids on television does not prepare you for seeing it up close and personal. Standing outside the door of the in-patient room we were about to enter I took a deep breath to still myself for what may lay on the the other side of the door.

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Where Do Your Tax Dollars Go?

Jeff Davidoff | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Taxes, April 17 Tax Day, ONE Campaign, Tax Day, Tax Day 2012, Government Spending, One Tax Tool, One, April 17, Impact News
Jeff Davidoff

There's so much talk in the news about Social Security, Medicare, and foreign assistance spending. It got us wondering how much we contribute to each. Well, thankfully we've now got a simple way for you to find out.

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Africa Is Calling: Are You the ONE?

Meredith Horowski | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Chegg for Good, One, ONE Campaign, Africa, Rwanda, HIV/AIDS, Pepfar, HIV/AIDS Africa, College News
Meredith Horowski

My time in Africa was educational, inspirational and eye-opening. I'm an expert at living on a budget, but it is hard to comprehend living on less than $1.25 a day and the complex issues that result from subsisting on so little, until you have witnessed it firsthand.

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The Trees That Grow Become the Forest

Shayne Moore | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Aids, Pediatric Aids, Pepfar, Onemoms, ONE Campaign, Africa, Kenya, ONE Moms, Advocacy, Motherhood, Global Motherhood, Mothers, Impact News
Shayne Moore

We have the technology, the medicine, and the resources to have a generation born HIV-free -- we can work together to see the beginning of the end of AIDS by 2015.

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Village Reporters

Cooper Munroe | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Women's Health, Village Reporters, Center for Disease Control, Global Motherhood, Kenya, ONE Moms, ONE Campaign, #ONEmoms, Video, Impact News
Cooper Munroe

This past summer 10 American moms, including me, went with the ONE Campaign to Kenya to learn firsthand about U.S.-funded programs in Africa benefitting mothers and children.

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Breakthrough In Saving Lives In Rural Africa

Jeffrey Sachs | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Global Motherhood, Community Health Workers, Millennium Development Goals, The Global Fund, ONE Campaign, Impact News
Jeffrey Sachs

The campaign for 1 million community health workers has begun. Become part of the effort.

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Obama, Bono, Other Activists Call For 'Beginning Of The End Of AIDS'

Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: George Bush, Bill Clinton, Aids Cure, Video, (Product)RED, George Washington University, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, ONE Campaign, President Obama, Aids, Tanzania, Alicia Keys, World AIDS Day, Bono, Impact News

The AIDS rate among minorities is on the rise and politicians and celebrities are determined to find a way to put an end to it. "The rate of new i...

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Linking Local And Global Food Security

Andrea Platt Dwyer | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Food Insecurity, ONE Campaign, Thanksgiving, Food Security, Food News
Andrea Platt Dwyer

As a cherished American holiday and anchor to the harvest season, Thanksgiving reminds us all that food not only nourishes our bodies, but it also brings people and communities together in the spirit of sharing and helping those less fortunate.

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The Beginning of the End of AIDS

Sheila Nix | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: HIV Prevention, HIV/AIDS, US Global AIDS Policy, Pepfar, ONE Campaign, Hillary Clinton, Impact News
Sheila Nix

There are those who will say these goals can't be achieved -- that we'll never see and end to AIDS. But we know that these goals are achievable. With the right political leadership we will, by 2015, see the beginning of the end of AIDS.

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National Food Day Shines Bright Light on Global Food Challenges

Andrew Stout | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: ONE Campaign, National Food Day, Farming, Agriculture, Farmers, Food News
Andrew Stout

As an American farmer in support of farmers in Africa, I am doing my part to build a strong foundation for healthy, local food around the world. I urge others to join me as well.

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Mike Huckabee Drops The F-Bomb

Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: F-Word Famine, Huckabee, Mike Huckabee Famine, Video, Mike Huckabee, F-Word Huckabee, One Campaign F-Word, Famine, ONE Campaign, Mike Huckabee F-Word, F-Word, One, Huckabee F-Word, Bono F-Word, One Campaign Famine, F-Word Bono, Politics News

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee appears to drop an "F-bomb" in a recent video for part of the ONE campaign's new push to combat famine in the Horn ...

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A Place of Light and Hope

Shayne Moore | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Kenya, Onemoms, ONE Campaign, Makuru, Impact News
Shayne Moore

2011-08-16-Screenshot20110816at12.25.05PM.jpg Today the ONE Moms visited a school in Makuru, a slum in Nairobi, Kenya. This place of light and hope is also a place that reeks of raw sewage.

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Inspiration From Tuberculosis Patients

Jyl Pattee | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Kenya, Tuberculosis, Onemoms, ONE Campaign, Global Motherhood, Impact News
Jyl Pattee

2011-08-15-Screenshot20110815at11.44.55AM.jpg When asked about her greatest concern, one woman immediately replied: "raising good children."

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Finding a Reason to Dance

Elisa Morgan | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: ONE Campaign, AIDS in Africa, Kenya, AIDs Epidemic, Onemoms, Video, Global Motherhood, Impact News
Elisa Morgan

I hadn't expected joy. Because in Kenya, moms and babies are dying. Way too many. The stats are alarming.

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New Hope for Pregnant Women With HIV

Amy Graff | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Cdc, Kenya, ONE Campaign, Onemoms, AIDS Testing, Global Motherhood, Impact News
Amy Graff

Doris is a tall, thin woman with sweet, smiling eyes and skin the color of dark, rich chocolate. When I meet her, she's sitting peacefully outside in a plastic deck chair, cradling a baby. She's 27 years old, and she's HIV-positive.

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Creativity, Energy And Extra-Ordinaryness In Kenya

Lindsay Maines | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Usaid, Kibera, Global Motherhood, Kenya, Onemoms, ONE Campaign, Impact News
Lindsay Maines

I heard a Kenyan joke, "We don't have oil here in Kenya -- our people are our main exports." We all laughed, but the truth is, though Kenya has many great natural resources, the people are an amazing asset. I have yet to meet an ordinary person.

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Sacrificing for Success

Emily McKhann | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Kibera, Carolina for Kibera, Kenya, Onemoms, ONE Campaign, Impact News
Emily McKhann

"Sacrificing for success" -- that was Tabitha's motto. I was thinking about those words today as I walked into Kibera, the largest slum in Africa (think Central Park, N.Y., with 1 million people living in squalor).

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ONE App That Could Change the World

Adam Levine | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Maroon 5, iPhone Apps, ONE Campaign, The Voice, Impact News
Adam Levine

I'm proud to be a part of a movement that's helping more than 2.5 million people to create real, positive change in the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease.

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Time Loses Top Editor—To Bono

ONE Campaign | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Michael Elliott, Michael Elliott Time, Bono One, Time Magazine, Michael Elliott Bono, ONE Campaign, Bono, Media News

Washington, D.C. - ONE, the global anti-poverty advocacy group, announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed journalist and editor Michae...

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Fasting And Praying For The Poor

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Anti-Poverty Program, Tony Hall Fast, Jim Wallis, ONE Campaign, Bread for the World, David Beckmann, Poverty, Budget Cuts Protest, Hunger Fast, Alliance to End Hunger, Religion News
Cathleen Falsani

A diverse coalition of religious leaders are calling on Americans to join them in fasting and prayer to protest budget cuts that would jeopardize the poor and hungry at home and abroad.

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The Politics of Hunger: An Interview with World Food Prize winner David Beckmann

Christine A. Scheller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Exodus From Hunger, Child Tax Credit, Bread for the World, Earned Income Tax Credit, Hunger, Poverty, Child Nutrition Act, Beckmann Anti-Hunger, Religion News, Poverty David Beckman, Anti-Hunger Beckmann, Global Hunger, David Beckmann Poverty, ONE Campaign, David Beckman Hunger, World Hunger, Religion News
Christine A. Scheller

God is calling us to change the politics of hunger because the need is especially great right now. But the opportunities are also very clear. We can do a lot, but we can't food bank our way to the end of hunger.

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ONE Launches Education For All Campaign

Causecast | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 1goal, Education Reform, Un Summit, Celebrity Advocacy, ONE Campaign, UN Millenium Development Goals, Education for All, Education News

Over 69 million children remain out of school, efforts must be increased by leaders around the world to ensure every child has the chance for an educa...

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Share the Proof

Melinda Gates | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Melinda Gates, Living Proof, Global Development, ONE Campaign, Aid, Global Health, Aid Workers, Impact News
Melinda Gates

Aid is having a huge impact in poor countries, and it's an impact that will build on itself for generations. Bill and I often think if everybody could see the living proof of progress that is being made, they would be as optimistic as we are.

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The Christian Mandate To End Hunger: 10 minutes with David Beckmann

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Beckman Hunger, David Beckmann Poverty, ONE Campaign, Hunger, Global Hunger, World Hunger, Beckmann Anti-Hunger, Poverty David Beckman, Anti-Hunger Beckmann, Religion News

By MARY JACOBS Religion News Service (RNS) The recent news about hunger and poverty is bad, but the Rev. David Beckmann remains optimistic, convinced...

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