The ONE Campaign is the U.S. based campaign to Make Poverty History. ONE is closely linked to both the international effort to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Global Call to Action Against Poverty, which represents the international Make Poverty History movement.

ONE now has over 100 partner organizations, and over 2.4 million members. ONE has made a conscious effort to be nonpartisan and has made a point of reaching out to Americans across the political spectrum.



ONE was originally founded by a coalition of 11 non-profit humanitarian and advocacy organizations (such as DATA, World Vision, Oxfam America, and Bread for the World) with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Bono, Tom Hanks, Ellen Degeneres, and George Clooney are among the more visible supporters of ONE.

The group sells its T-shirts and white gel bracelets with the word "ONE" on them to increase the visibility of the global AIDS and extreme poverty cause.

The ONE Campaign claims that the U.S. contribution to meeting the MDGs could help:

Enroll 77 million children in primary school

Give 450 million people access to clean water

Save 5.4 million children under 5 from dying of preventable diseases

ONE is a member-driven organization and therefore places a strong emphasis on building an effective grassroots campaign. ONE attempts to empower local ONE groups to organize and be advocates for ONE's goals in their local areas as well as on the national level. ONE has encouraged ONE supporters to organize through Yahoo! Groups. On its website, ONE links to over 150 of these local ONE Yahoo! groups.

Student supporters of ONE have also been able to use Facebook, the popular and growing social networking site used mainly by college and high school students, to create ONE support in their school communities. In addition to local network groups, there is also a ONE Global Facebook group.

For more Information:

www.one.org
1400 Eye St., NW
Suite 601

Washington, DC
20005