Dear Friend,

ONE month from today, on July 6th, President Bush will join the leaders of the world's eight richest nations for a three-day Group of 8, or "G8" summit in Scotland. At this historic meeting, these eight men will have the power to save the lives of millions of people who live in extreme poverty. And YOU can help make this happen.

President Bush needs to hear that Americans strongly support bold leadership on this issue. And thanks to you, the nearly one million people who've signed the ONE Declaration, we have the numbers to show our leaders where America stands.

Today we're asking you to sign a letter to President Bush, asking him to deliver an essential and historic plan for thethe world's poor at the G8 summit this year.Take a few moments now, and sign the letter today.

The letter asks President Bush to support the following at the G8:

1.America will allocate an additional 1% of the federal budget to fight global poverty and AIDS (Currently we spend far less than one percent);
2.America will support canceling the overwhelming debts of the world's poorest countries;
3.America will reform trade rules that make it impossible for the poorest countries to help themselves.

Read the full text and sign the letter today!

We, the people who have signed the ONE Declaration, are both left and right, conservative and liberal. We represent every state, different ages, many religions and all walks of life. Together as ONE, we all believe that no child deserves to starve in a world of plenty, that AIDS can and must be stopped, and that America should reach out to help the poorest people on Earth.

Please, Add Your Voiceand sign on to the letter to President Bush today!

Thank you,

The ONE Team

P.S.- Please help us build momentum leading up the G8 by asking your friends, family and co-workers to sign theONE Declaration AND add their voice to the letter to President Bush. Click here and ask your friends to join ONE.

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Dear Friend:

It looks like a simple white band. 

Maybe it is simple:  We are going to make poverty history. 

Will you join me today and wear the white band to show you support the ONE campaign and the fight against global AIDS and poverty?

You might be a teacher, doctor or mother. You might wear it to school, church or a concert. Whenever and wherever you wear a ONE white band, you say, without even saying a word, that you want more and better international assistance, debt cancellation and trade reform.

Half a million Americans are wearing the white band. I believe we can make that one million by the upcoming G8 summit on July 6th.

Let's do it together: wear your white band today.

From Dr. King to Nelson Mandela, history shows us that big changes can start with small actions.  Wearing a white band is something YOU can do, today, in your neighborhood.  When you wear a white band you join millions of people in America and around the world calling for change. If you've always wanted to be a part of something that can change our world, in our time, this is your chance. 

I hope you will join us: get your white band today! 

Thanks,

Salma Hayek

P.S. Click here to check out photos of other ONE supporters like Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Tom Hanks and Kate Hudson wearing the white band, appearing in national magazines this week.

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Last week more than 15,000 Canadians sent messages to Finance Minister Ralph Goodale prior to the G8 Finance Ministers Meeting on June 11th. Your efforts, along with those of people around the world, had an impact:

* The G8 Finance Ministers agreed on immediate 100% cancellation of debts for 18 of the poorest countries. It's a big step, but even more is needed to include more than 40 other impoverished countries.

* On June 13 a major committee of Parliament (Foreign Affairs) unanimously called on the government to achieve the internationally accepted aid target of 0.7% of GNI by 2015. The MPs also called for legislation ensuring Canada's aid is focused on ending poverty.

Please help NOW by contacting Prime Minister Paul Martin - before the G8 leaders meeting July 6 - to ensure that he hears tens of thousands of ordinary Canadians, MPs from all parties, and citizens worldwide calling for Canadian leadership. Progress has been made, but the Prime Minister needs to know that MORE MUST BE DONE!

Please send your message to Prime Minister Paul Martin today. Go to www.makepovertyhistory.ca and follow the three easy steps under "Click into Action".

Our next Action Alert will include ideas for July 1, the first global white band action day. Start planning white band events for your Canada Day activities!

Thank you for taking action!

Liz Bernstein, Campaign Coordinator and the Make Poverty History team
info@makepovertyhistory.ca
http://www.makepovertyhistory.ca

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/campaign/about.html

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Gosh, thanks Sunshine!  I really look forward to checking all of those links out! 

Blessings,

Cindy 

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Hi! I am new here and had been hoping i would find something to contribute to this group, this came in my email today

http://www.one.org/dia/organizationsONE/one/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=100&t=OneColumn.dwt 

is anyone interested to write a short article about the make poverty history? (this is for my web blog www.lasolidaridad.com).

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More Americans than ever before met in living rooms across
the country to fight extreme global poverty. Now, we are building on this
outpouring of community-based support by asking Mayors to make an official
proclamation in support of ONE. Add
your name to our City of ONE
petition, and help make your hometown part of the campaign to make poverty
history.
Sign a petition asking your Mayor to make an official
proclamation in support of the ONE Campaign
Earlier
this month, thanks in part to the over 200,000 letters sent by ONE members, a
majority of the Senate signed a letter in support of critical funding to fight
poverty. Then, just two weeks later, ONE
members hosted over 500 parties across the country. Allison Fell who hosted a watch party last
week in Wayne, Pennsylvania said, "I feel that I've helped spread awareness to
some of my friends...but I could do much more...this is only the beginning!"
You can help us keep up the momentum. Just a
handful of signatures in a city can make a proclamation happen. Sign
the petition to make your city a City of ONE, then tell your friends and your
neighbors to do the same. You might be surprised how quickly your
community will come together to change the world. As cities across the
country join us, the end of extreme poverty and AIDS will no longer seem a
distant goal, but rather a national priority.
Sign a petition asking your Mayor to make an official
proclamation in support of the ONE Campaign
Thanks,
Paul Dioguardi, ONE Campaign
P.S. - Whether you live in Chicago
or the Shenandoah Valley, you can make your community
part of the ONE Campaign. We'll be recognizing
the biggest, smallest and most unusual Cities of ONE!

One year ago, 1 million people stood up at Live 8 in Philadelphia to change the world. 5 days later, America and the world's richest countries, the "G8", made historic promises on debt, aid and trade for Africa and the world's poorest countries.

On July 15th, 2006, the G8 meets again in Russia. Sign the petition today to make sure America's life-saving G8 commitments are kept, both at this year's G8 and back at home where it's up to Congress to keep those promises.

http://action.one.org/live8.jsp

Childhood should be a happy time spent playing with friends, enjoying a favorite toy — even planning for the first day of school. But children in the developing world spend most of their childhood struggling to survive, without much hope for a secure, productive life.

And they face incredible odds. Of the 57 million people worldwide who died last year, 10.5 million of them were children less than five years old. The majority of these children — some 98 percent — were in developing nations. Won't you please help children and their families today?

Take a closer look at how CARE is improving the lives of individual children.

For those who survive childhood, the path to a secure and happy future is still filled with obstacles. Children in developing nations have limited access to education, which limits opportunity and reduces potential.

Economic, social and cultural factors keep some 121 million children, especially girls, from attending school. Faced with difficult choices, parents often take girls out of school to care for younger siblings, help with household chores or work outside the home to contribute to family income. In the world's least developed countries, only 14 percent of secondary school enrollment is female.

CARE's Response
Despite grim statistics, children represent one of the best opportunities for defeating poverty. CARE strives to attack the underlying causes of poverty through health and education projects in poor communities.

CARE takes a well-rounded approach to improving children's health through:

• Water, sanitation and hygiene education projects that enable healthier households
• Farming innovations that result in better nutrition
• Family planning projects that promote healthier mothers and infants
• Emergency response programs that meet basic needs for food and health

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In children's health specifically, CARE emphasizes disease prevention through immunization programs and health training.

CARE's education programs emphasize equal access, especially for girls, and we focus on the quality of teaching and the learning environment.

You Can Help!
Over the past year, some 313,000 students in 28 countries received basic education while CARE reached nearly 9.5 million children in 31 countries through programs in child health. But there is still more to do, and you can help. To support CARE's efforts wherever the need is greatest, click here.

If you would like to support CARE's work through monthly donations, click here to become a contributor to CARE For the Child.

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