The One campaign is doing a bus tour during the U.S election. The tour's purpose is to raise awareness of the issues of poverty, and to try to put pressure on the candidates to make poverty issues a priority. The tour stop was part of a prize from the One organization. The students of WKU won by collecting more signatures than any other in a petition to be given to both the candidates. Bowling Green Daily News writer Joanie Baker introduces us to one of the bus riders.from the Bowling Green Daily NewsMegan Schweizer took two months off from her job in Louisville to do something for which most people would go to jail.After learning about the One Campaign organization three years ago at the University of Louisville, Schweizer became an active member in spreading the word to politicians on...
from the Union LeaderGROWING UP in New Hampshire, I was blessed enough to live in a place free from the tragedies and hardships of abject poverty, widespread disease and desperate hunger. Here at home, a person can visit a local farm for fruits and vegetables, or purchase them in a local grocery store. Children in New Hampshire are routinely inoculated and easily enrolled in school. Yet a world away in much of Africa, this situation is far from the life we treasure in the Granite State.It is with that sense of New Hampshire values and blessings that I recently traveled to Mozambique, Botswana and Zambia to view firsthand where American-led efforts are fighting extreme poverty and saving lives, most notably through Presidential Malaria Initiative (PMI) and Presidential Emergency Plan for...
from KVBCSolving the world's problems ONE at a time. Students at UNLV are joining forces in the global fight against poverty.On Monday, the newly formed chapter of One at UNLV officially declared the university as a One Campus.The ONE campaign works to fight global poverty and stop preventable diseases. Students will have an opportunity to do an internship in Africa.African Internship ProgramEligibility Requirements:1) Need to be registered as a student at one of the institutions that comprise the Nevada State Higher Education System2) Active member of ONE Campus Chapter at their school3) Responsible for earning at least 500 points for their respective ONE Campus Chapter4) Eligibility time period is open between November 5, 2007 and March 31, 2008Eligible Members will be determined by ONE...
from Reuters Alert NetWASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Anti-poverty groups the ONE Campaign and DATA, both co-founded by rock star Bono, will merge in the United States to form a single organization in tackling poverty, especially in Africa, officials said on Monday.The new organization will be known as ONE in the United States and will include the ONE Campaign's 2.4 million members, a U.S.-based project launched in 2004 to build citizen support to fight disease and extreme poverty.Outside the United States, DATA -- or Debt, AIDS, Trade Africa -- will retain its name and focus on debt cancellation, AIDS treatment and more effective development assistance."ONE and DATA are two organizations with the same outrage: extreme, stupid poverty in the 21st century makes no sense when the resources...
from The Baltimore Sun Glenwood parish takes global viewBy Chris EmeryDuring morning services at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Glenwood yesterday, parishioners received a new accessory: white plastic bracelets inscribed with the word "One." Like the yellow cancer-awareness bracelets popularized by bicyclist Lance Armstrong, the white bracelets are a marketing device. They are symbolic of the One Campaign, an effort to end global poverty that's spearheaded by Bono, frontman of the rock band U2.The U.S. Episcopal Church joined Bono's campaign last summer, and St. Andrew's parishioners got a taste yesterday of what it means to be a "One Congregation" - from signing petitions concerning proposed legislation in Congress to attending church services accompanied by rock music."We are all...
from The North dakota State University Spectrum * By Danielle Troske * Editor in ChiefWhen Mike Batell visited Tanzania a few summers ago, he was confronted with a variety of images he had never yet encountered.“I saw a 3-year-old boy literally dying before my eyes because his parents didn’t have four bucks to buy the medicine to save their boy’s life,” Batell said during a presentation Tuesday.Batell is the ONE Campaign coordinator with the Upper Midwest Region Office with Bread for the World, Inc. Batell travels to Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota discussing how people can make a difference in the battle against global poverty.“The ONE Campaign is a coalition of over 75 international charities, humanitarian and non-profit organizations,...