You've probably already heard about the ONE campaign - I know that I had. But I never really understood exactly what it was about, so I wandered over to the web site to check them out.
The ONE campaign (www.one.org) was started a few years ago by Bono, the lead singer of U2, to band people together in the fight on the apedemics of AIDS and world poverty. On the site, there are 2 actions you can take right away to help their cause:
1. Sign the ONE declaration at http://one.org/declare/index.html, indicating your agreement with the goals of the ONE campaign. To date, almost 2.5 million people have already signed.
2. In just 7 days from today, the US Senate will be voting on the 2009 budget, which has an entry to remove billions of dollars earmarked for the fight on world poverty. Sign ONE's petition against eliminating this funding at http://www.one.org/2009budget. I did. Here is the note that I added to my electronic signature:
"Of all the things that we can do with our money - all the programs we could fund, all the issues we could help fight - this is one of the most important crises that we, as one of the most powerful countries in the world, can easily do something about. Otherwise, we will continue to confirm what the rest of the world thinks of us - that we are a greedy and selfish people."
Other ways that you can take action are listed at http://www.one.org/takeaction/.
You can even support ONE's efforts and get some eco-friendly water bottles all in one shot. The ONE site sells Nalgene 32 oz water bottles with the ONE logo for $12 each (they normally sell for $9-$10 on Amazon, so at least a couple of dollars is going to the ONE cause for each bottle purchased). The ONE site also sells white wristbands and a variety of apparel, the proceeds of which also support is operations and projects.
Visit the ONE site and find another outlet for helping the world's poor get the help that they need!
Take Care,
Kara
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