ONE Campaign

The ONE Campaign is a part of the international Make Poverty History movement which is dedicated to the goal of energizing people in the United States to lobby Congress to increase humanitarian aid by 1% of the federal budget, specifically with the aim of fighting AIDS and extreme poverty in the developing world.

Related Topics:
Make Poverty History - United States - Congress - Humanitarian aid - Federal budget - AIDS - Extreme poverty

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The movement was founded by a coalition of organizations:

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• Bread for the World
• Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere
• DATA
• International Medical Corps
• International Rescue Committee
• Mercy Corps
• Oxfam America
• Plan USA
• Save the Children US
• World Concern
• World Vision

It is supported by the National Basketball Association, Rock the Vote, the Millennium Campaign (for the Millennium Development Goals), and was formed with the help of a $3 million donation from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Related Topics:
National Basketball Association - Rock the Vote - Millennium Campaign - Millennium Development Goals - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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The group has made an effort to be bipartisan and inclusive to all sorts of public, private, and faith-based organizations. It has received support from politically-active spokespersons from both the left and right, including Bono, Teresa Earnhardt (the widow of Dale Earnhardt), Bob Geldof, Danny Glover, members of Jars of Clay, Pat Robertson, Susan Sarandon, Michael W. Smith, and Eddie Vedder. They've also recruited support from celebrities such as Penelope Cruz, Mos Def, Ellen Degeneres, Diddy, Jamie Foxx, Ryan Gosling, Tom Hanks, and Brad Pitt.

Related Topics:
Bipartisan - Public - Private - Faith-based - Left - Right - Bono - Teresa Earnhardt - Dale Earnhardt - Bob Geldof - Danny Glover - Jars of Clay - Pat Robertson - Susan Sarandon - Michael W. Smith - Eddie Vedder - Penelope Cruz - Mos Def - Ellen Degeneres - Diddy - Jamie Foxx - Ryan Gosling - Tom Hanks - Brad Pitt

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The name of the campaign comes from both the organization's goal of a 1% increase in the budget and also from their goal to "act as one to end poverty". Recently the group has aired a television commercial to help promote the campaign. The group also sells wristbands, which have the word "ONE" on them, to help promote the ONE campaign.

Related Topics:
Television commercial - Wristband

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The ONE Campaign claims that a 1% increase in the budget could help:

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• Prevent 10 million children from becoming AIDS orphans
• Get 104 million children into grade school.
• Provide water to almost 900 million people around the globe.
• Save almost 6.5 million children under 5 from dying of diseases that could be prevented with low-cost measures like vaccination or a well for clean water.

Other notable participants include Nelson Mandela, Agnes Nyamayarwo (a Ugandan nurse and global AIDS activist) and Dikembe Mutombo (an NBA all-star and advocate for Africa).

Related Topics:
Nelson Mandela - Agnes Nyamayarwo - Ugandan - AIDS - Dikembe Mutombo - NBA - Africa

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