AFP: Surging African economies must tackle poverty: IMF - IMF deputy managing director David Lipton told the AFP, "Africa is beginning to deliver on its economic potential," but warned, "there can be no complacency about Africa's current success." "Poverty rates remain high - even where they have come down, such as here in Mozambique." "Sub-Saharan [...]

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This past week we got the chance to chat with Kavita Gupta, an awesome ONE member from the University of Texas at El Paso and the ONE member of the month for April. She took a few minutes out of her incredibly busy schedule on campus to fill us in on her experience with the [...]

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This past week we got the chance to chat with Kavita Gupta, an awesome ONE member from the University of Texas at El Paso and the ONE member of the month for April. She took a few minutes out of her incredibly busy schedule on campus to fill us in on her experience with the [...]

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Can't find the perfect gift for the doting mom in your life? I've got you covered. As ONE's resident products-for-good expert (don't believe me? Check out all the gift guides I've written for ONE!), here's a list of my favorite fair trade products that I think would work great as Mother's Day gifts. I've scoured [...]

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Can't find the perfect gift for the doting mom in your life? I've got you covered. As ONE's resident products-for-good expert (don't believe me? Check out all the gift guides I've written for ONE!), I've scoured Pinterest, blogs and more to bring you some of my favorite fair trade products that I think would work [...]

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We recently had the opportunity to speak with artist Shannon Cunningham and photographer Diane Dammeyer, whose beautiful collaborative work is currently taking the La Jolla art community by storm. We've featured the pieces below: innovative paint, ceramic and photograph collaborations that highlight the tangible joy in each subject. The focus of this particular group of pieces is Africa, a point of inspiration for both Shannon,the artist and Diane,the photographer.

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AllAfrica: WEF to 'Deliver On Africa's Promise' - Over 1,000 global business, government and academic leaders will converge on Cape Town from Wednesday to Friday to focus on driving Africa's economic growth, boosting strategic infrastructure and unlocking the continent's talent as part of the 23rd World Economic Forum on Africa. BusinessDayLive: Food production faltering in [...]

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ONE Mom blogger Kelly Wickham of Mocha Momma, will be sharing her experience with Live Below the Line day-by-day. Read the original article here.  There's no video recap tonight because I'm ridiculously tired and it occurred to me that I've been trying to post twice a day here and I wrote two pieces for Babble, a post on celebrating [...]

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Although this piece focuses on UK foreign assistance, it raises some important concerns that citizens  in the US and Canada might have about their country's own aid. This article was originally published on The Huffington Post UK.  The debate on the UK's aid budget has never been more polarized. A small group of aid critics use [...]

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What happens when you provide young African creatives with the tools to create their own beats? UNC Chapel Hill hip-hop professors and artists Stephen Levitin (aka Apple Juice Kid) and Pierce Freelon traveled to Senegal and the Democratic Republic of Congo to find out. Beat Making Lab started as a class at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -undergrads earn 3 credit hours and are taught the practical, historical and entrepreneurial aspects of Beat Making.

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