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What We’re Reading: ONE Blog–”1 percent: A matter of life and death”
The following post, “1 percent: A matter of life and death” by Malaka Gharib, was published on the ONE Blog on March 4, 2011. It encourages readers to take action to let the government know that they oppose budget cuts for people living in poverty around the world. The ONE Campaign needs around 4,000 more names Read more…
Tagged Advocacy, Blog, Blogging, budget, Congress, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, foreign aid, Foreign assistance, GDP, Global Fund, Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, Global Poverty, global security, Government, Guest Post, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, humanitarian, Malaria, Microfinance, natural disasters, ONE, ONE blog, ONE Campaign, Opportunity International, peace, PEPFAR, petition, Political advocacy, Poverty, senator, Tuberculosis, US Government, USAID
What We’re Watching: Bill Gates On Aspirational & Actionable 2011 Annual Letter
I believe it is in the rich world’s enlightened self-interest to continue investing in foreign aid. If societies can’t provide for people’s basic health, if they can’t feed and educate people, then their populations and problems will grow and the world will be a less stable place. –Bill Gates’ 2011 Annual Letter Bill Gates’ third annual Read more…
Tagged Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, food aid, Food security, Gates Foundation, Ghana, Global Agriculture and Food Security Program, Global Poverty, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, Loans, Malaria, Microfinance, Opportunity International, polio, Poverty, strategic partners, Teaching, vaccines, videos, WFP, what we're reading, Women, World Food Programme
World AIDS Day: How Does Microinsurance Make an Impact?
Today, Dec. 1, is World AIDS Day. 2.4 billion people around the world live on $2 a day or less and of those only 80 million people have access to microinsurance. In areas where HIV/AIDS is prevalent, people often cannot afford the healthcare they desperately need. Campaigns manager Lydia Baldridge Meier interviewed Richard Leftley, the president Read more…
Tagged Africa, Chennai, Clients, Ending Poverty, Financial services, funeral insurance, Health insurance, Healthcare, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, India, Lydia Baldridge Meier, MFI, Microensure, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Opportunity International, Poverty, Richard Leftley, Trust Groups, World Aids Day, World Aids Day 2010
ONE Blog: Checking in on Maternal Health in Guatemala
With World AIDS Day coming up on Dec. 1, celebrity activist Christy Turlington Burns reports on her ongoing work with (RED) and the ONE Campaign on the No Child Born with HIV campaign. At Opportunity, we’re inspired by her commitment to improving the lives of women in the developing world with these health initiatives. The following blog post, ”Checking in Read more…
Tagged (RED), Ending Poverty, Guatemala, Health insurance, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, Latin America, Maternal Health, Maternal morality rates, Microensure, Microinsurance, ONE, ONE blog, ONE Campaign, Opportunity International, Un millennium development goals, World Aids Day
News from ONE: Rwanda gives $1 million to the fight against AIDS, TB and malaria
The following is a blog post published on the ONE Campaign’s blog yesterday, Nov. 10, written by Malaka Gharib. Here’s some really cool news–we just caught wind that Rwanda is donating $1 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. According to a press release, Rwanda is the fourth African country to contribute Read more…
Tagged 2010 fall microfinance conference, Africa, AIDS, alice gasatura, Clients, Conference, Ending Poverty, fall microfinance conference, Financial services, Global Fund, Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, Loan Officer, Loans, Malaria, MFI, Microfinance, Millennium Development Goals, ONE, ONE blog, ONE Campaign, Opportunity International, Opportunity International Microfinance Conference, Opportunity Rwanda, Paul Kagame, Poverty, Rwanda, Tuberculosis, UN Millennium Campaign, Un millennium development goals, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON
LiveBlog: Plenary Session III: Will Ball, Knight Kiplinger and more
This Friday evening plenary session features Opportunity CEO, Bill Morgenstern; chair of the Opportunity Board of Governors, Mary Lynn Staley; director of credit support at Opportunity Rwanda, Alice Gasatura; vice president of the Caterpillar Foundation, Will Ball; economic journalist and editor-in-chief of The Kiplinger Letter, Knight Kiplinger; and Dale Hanson Bourke, president of the CIDRZ Read more…
Tagged 2010 fall microfinance conference, Africa, alice gasatura, Bill Morgenstern, Board of Governors, Cargill, Caterpillar Foundation, CIDRZ Foundation, Clients, Dale Hanson Bourke, Ending Poverty, fall microfinance conference, Financial services, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, knight kiplinger, Loans, mary lynn staley, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International Microfinance Conference, Opportunity Rwanda, Poverty, Rwanda, Will Ball, William Ball
A Progress Report on the UN Millennium Development Goals
In September of 2000, the United Nations addressed the issue of global poverty by adopting the Millennium Declaration. The declaration pledged the members to accomplish measurable goals to eradicate global poverty by the year 2015. The Millennium Development Goals focus on eight areas of concern, including poverty and hunger, universal education, maternal health, and HIV/AIDS prevention. With the Read more…
Tagged 2010 InterAction Forum, Africa, Ban Ki-moon, Children, Education, Global Poverty, HIV/AIDS prevention, Hunger, Maternal Health, Microfinance, Millennium Development Goals, Opportunity International, Poverty, UN Secretary-General, United Nations, Universal Education, Women, World Vision
