One Back

Have you heard of the ONE campaign?  It appears to be an incredible non-profit organization with many goals centered around the elimination of poverty and disease, and helping provide basic human needs throughout the world.  With a  broad partner list that includes some of the most respected worldwide charitable organizations, the ONE campaign encourages active participation and political action.  It’s also very interesting to read about current issues and actions, and the website is updated regularly.

Recently, the ONE campaign proved instrumental in helping pass reauthorization of President Bush’s Emergency Plan for Aid’s Relief (PEPFAR 2008).  Many people do not realize this program was a specific development based on President Bush’s focus on helping others throughout the world.  Just yesterday PEPFAR passed in the U.S. Senate, reauthorizing 48 billion dollars for international assistance.    The ONE blog describes this and many other initiatives and interest issues.

 For more information, the below paragraph is from the ONE campaign website describing their organizational focus.

“We are a campaign of over 2.4 million people and growing from all 50 states and over 100 of America’s most well-known and respected non-profit, advocacy and humanitarian organizations. As ONE, we are raising public awareness about the issues of global poverty, hunger, disease and efforts to fight such problems in the world’s poorest countries. As ONE, we are asking our leaders to do more to fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty. ONE believes that allocating more of the U.S. budget toward providing basic needs like health, education, clean water and food would transform the futures and hopes of an entire generation in the world’s poorest countries.”

“ONE is nonpartisan; there’s only one side in the fight against global AIDS and extreme poverty. Working on the ground in communities, colleges and churches across the United States, ONE members both educate and ask America’s leaders to increase efforts to fight global AIDS and extreme poverty, from the U.S. budget and presidential elections to specific legislation on debt cancellation, increasing effective international assistance, making trade fair, and fighting corruption.”

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