Motto | Actions. Speak. Louder. |
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Formation | May 16, 2004 |
Type | Development advocacy |
Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
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Membership
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Over 7 million |
Official language
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English, French, German, Dutch |
Leader | Adrian Lovett, Interim CEO since 2016 |
Key people
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Bono (co-founder, spokesperson) |
Website | www |
The ONE Campaign is an international, nonpartisan, non-profit, advocacy and campaigning organization that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa, by raising public awareness and pressuring political leaders to support policies and programs that are saving lives and improving futures.
ONE was founded by a coalition of 11 non-profit humanitarian and advocacy organizations, including DATA, World Vision, Oxfam America, and Bread for the World, with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2007, ONE announced that it would be merging with DATA.
The name ONE was inspired by the belief that one voice, coming together with many others — the political left and right, business leaders, activists, faith leaders and students — can change the world for the better. It is a membership organization of more than 7 million people worldwide.
ONE mobilizes and organizes its supporters into a lobbying force that pressures world leaders to implement policies that support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and benefit those who live in conditions of extreme poverty around the globe.
ONE supports a broad variety of international development issues, including the fight against treatable and preventable diseases like HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis; access to clean water and expanded access to energy; lessening corruption and improving transparency standards and government accountability to citizens; making trade fairer; providing basic education for all; and increasing the international affairs budgets.