Where you are born shouldn’t dictate whether you live or die.
ONE is a hard-headed movement of people around the world fighting the absurdity of extreme poverty.
And at the heart of what we do is the fundamental belief that this fight is about
If you believe this too, it isn't someone else's problem --
But honestly, problem isn’t the right word... it’s an unbelievable opportunity
to change your life while you change the world.
to change your life while you change the world.
Extreme poverty can seem like an abstract idea.
Some terrible thing that happens to people you’ve never met — halfway around the world. But for
it’s their daily existence.
Millions of people die from completely preventable disease.
Parents are forced to choose which child eats today.
Poverty in any form is a terrible thing. Extreme poverty is an unacceptable thing.
Parents are forced to choose which child eats today.
Poverty in any form is a terrible thing. Extreme poverty is an unacceptable thing.
We're not dreamers. We're not holding hands. (Though holding hands is fine with us.)
That’s why we started ONE.
Our three million members around the world take action. They click petitions, make phone calls, write letters, attend rallies – to demand solutions from their governments. Your voice alone may struggle to be heard, but our voices together are hard to ignore.
And here's the proof.
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50 million more kids are going to school
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More than 8 million people are on life-saving antiretroviral therapy
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Those living on $2 per day has declined from 80% in 1980 to just above 60% in 2010
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1 billion poor people are better off because of investments made between 1970 and 1990
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More than 5.5 million child deaths were averted through vaccinations by the end of 2011.
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New HIV infections among children have dropped by 40%
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TB deaths are down from 1.8 million deaths in 2003 to 1.4 million deaths in 2010
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The US uses less than 1% of its annual budget to fund life-saving programs
We’re not asking for your money.
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"...the world is more malleable than you think and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape." - Bono, Lead singer, U2, Co-founder, ONE and (RED)