One Campaign

ONE Campaign (styled ONE) is an international, non-partisan, 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 save lives and improve futures.

ONE Campaign
FormationMay 16, 2004
TypeDevelopment advocacy
HeadquartersWashington, D.C.
Location
    • United States
    • United Kingdom
    • France
    • Germany
    • Belgium
    • South Africa
    • Canada
    • Nigeria
    • Senegal
Official language
English, French, German, Dutch
LeaderGayle Smith, President and CEO since 2017
Key people
Bono (co-founder); Bobby Shriver (co-founder)
Websitewww.one.org

ONE was founded in 2004 by Bobby Shriver and Bono along with a coalition of 11 non-profit humanitarian and advocacy organizations; including DATA, Care, World Vision, Oxfam America, and Bread for the World. Funding was provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2007, ONE announced it would be merging with DATA.

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